Elder brother's garrison

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"I see... No wonder you seemed to have been prepared all along, Xiao Bai." Luo Lian nodded, and then smiled slightly.

"Actually, whether I'm prepared or not makes little difference to me." Xiaobai lowered his head, picked up a spoonful of water, and said with a smile, "I never intended to doubt Nia. Jeanbart just gave me more confidence."

"That's something you'd do."

"It feels so good to trust your friends," Xiaobai said.

Luo Lian smiled.

Luo Lian was about to continue speaking when suddenly, a series of sounds rang out from outside the repair pool.

"Little White, are you still inside?!"

Beyond the mist of the restoration pool, Nia, holding a plate of green grapes, ran up with a carefree smile.

"Nia, good afternoon."

The little white creature in the pool turned over and slowly swam to the edge of the recovery pool, placing its hands on the steps to greet Nia.

"Little White, the ingredients I ordered from the wholesale market have arrived. These are the freshest grapes, and I heard they're a new seedless variety." Nia knelt on the steps, picked a green grape, and smiled as she offered it to Little White. "Here, Little White, have a taste!"

"Ah—" Little White opened his mouth.

Nia put a grape into Little White's mouth.

Watching Xiaobai chew slowly and then smile at her, Nia immediately closed her eyes and smiled with immense happiness.

"Ah... this feeling is just like feeding a mermaid in a fairy tale," Nia said, holding a handful of grapes.

"I'm not a mermaid..."

"Would you like another one?"

"need."

"Come on, let me continue feeding you—ah—"

Xiaobai and Nia are deeply in love.

Watching Xiaobai and Nia interact, Luo Lian sighed and looked down at her phone.

As she scrolled through her phone, Luo Lian thoughtfully put it down and looked at the little white dog being fed by Nia.

—Speaking of which, I seem to have forgotten to ask Xiaobai why she let those two ship girls who delivered the message go.

"Little White," Luo Lian said.

"Hmm? What's wrong? Does Lianlian want one too?" Xiaobai looked at Luo Lian while biting into a grape.

"Luo Lian, do you want some? I prepared some for you too!" Nia came closer.

"..." Luo Lian looked at the grape in Xiao Bai's mouth, at the close-up shot of those glistening pink lips holding plump, translucent grapes, and suddenly felt a rush of heat to her head. Dizzy, she covered her forehead, glanced at Nia squatting beside her, and shook her head, "No need..."

That's it.

I'll ask again when I have time.

Since it was Xiaobai's idea... then there must be a reason behind it.

Luo Lian picked up a grape and stuffed it into her mouth, abandoning all thought.

Ok.

This stuff is so sweet.

……

In contrast to the harmony within the temporary garrison, rumors and gossip spread throughout the streets outside.

"The three female admirals who had special ship girls were now at odds and finally went their separate ways!"

"Now, faced with enormous profits, friendship is nothing more than a fragile stumbling block."

"Alas, what a pity!"

"..."

The admirals were discussing these things, completely unaware that two ship girls wearing cloaks were sneaking past them.

"Sister, it seems the Admiral's plan was a success." Inside the cloak, the young-looking ship girl said to the other one.

"Sigh... This is exactly the kind of trick the admiral is best at: leaving no evidence to the dead. He's stirring up emotions." In another cloak, a mature-looking ship girl sighed. "Well, now that the letter has been delivered, the situation in the surrounding area has been confirmed, and our mission is complete, it's time to go back to the admiral."

"it is good!"

"Watch your movements, or you'll get followed."

"understand!"

The two cloaked ship girls looked back and then closed their eyes to use their ship girl detection abilities to scout the nearby people. After confirming that no one was following them, they finally slipped into a nearby alley.

In Chapter 8, Admiral Ke Yuan has two residences.

One of the areas is a normal residence, while the other is a secret hideout. This residence was purchased by Admiral Ke Yuan from an admiral who had been tricked back to the garrison and would not be able to return to Chapter 8 for some time, at a "friendly price." Its secrecy is extremely high, and no one, including the Admiral's Guild, knows about it to this day.

The two cloaked ship girls sped through the alley, carefully scaling walls and leaping over obstacles, taking a good ten minutes to finally jump into a hidden alley.

Inside the alley was an exceptionally small, low-rent room. Two cloaked ship girls walked to the door and knocked.

dong dong dong.

There was a knock on the door.

On the ground behind the two cloaked ship girls, a few small pebbles of sand bounced slightly.

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After the knocking stopped, there was no response from inside.

The two cloaked ship girls waited quietly at the door for a while, and the mature-looking cloaked ship girl gently called out to the door.

"Admiral, it's us."

"...Click."

The tightly closed door was then opened a crack.

"come in."

The door opened, and two cloaked ship girls went in one after the other. The cloaked ship girl who followed behind even turned around to observe the alley behind her. Only after confirming that there was no one in the entire alley behind her did she close the door with peace of mind.

The environment inside the low-rent housing is cramped.

After the two cloaked ship girls entered the room, Admiral Ke Yuan was sitting in the center of the reception room, watching them with a solemn expression.

At this moment, Admiral Ke Yuan was far from as dashing as he had been the day before. His head was wrapped in gauze, and reddish-purple blood was faintly seeping through the gauze bandages. He looked gloomy and disheveled.

"Was anyone following you on the way?" Admiral Ke Yuan asked.

"No," the two cloaked ship girls answered in unison.

"Have you done everything I instructed you to do?" Admiral Ke Yuan asked again.

"finished."

"You didn't waste any time on the way back, did you?"

"Don't dare."

"Did you do anything that attracted attention?"

"No."

"Very good." Admiral Ke Yuan's solemn expression finally dissipated. He stood up and said to the two ship girls, "So, what about Admiral Nia? What was their reaction after receiving my letter?"

"Reporting to the Admiral... Admiral Nia seemed very flustered after receiving the letter." The cloaked ship girl lowered her head slightly. "Admiral Lu Lin also seemed very angry. After they chased us away, they pulled Admiral Nia into the naval base. The other ship girls hurriedly closed the gates of the temporary naval base, and no one came out of the temporary naval base for a whole afternoon."

"Hmm..." After listening to the cloaked ship girl's words, Admiral Ke Yuan turned around thoughtfully, looked at the wall of the low-rent house, and slowly said, "Before you came back to report to me, I also saw this matter when I was browsing the admiral forum. Now the entire eighth chapter is spreading rumors that a rift has developed between these three female admirals. I believe that under such rumors, no matter how sincere their feelings are, this matter will leave an unforgettable scar in their hearts - the day when the three of them go their separate ways is not far away."

"Admiral, you are wise." The two cloaked ship girls bowed their heads.

"Do you know what's so clever about this?" Admiral Ke Yuan turned to look at the cloaked ship girl.

"I don't know." The cloaked ship girl shook her head.

"The brilliance of this matter lies in the fact that the authenticity of this letter sent to Nia's Naval Base is actually irrelevant." Admiral Ke Yuan smiled at the cloaked ship girls as if showing off his achievement. "What's important is that the existence of this letter has already stirred up suspicion among those three female admirals... Heh... Humans are inherently suspicious creatures. To make humans willingly believe something, they have to see it with their own eyes; otherwise, it's absolutely impossible. Even a small suspicion is enough to plant the seeds of betrayal. Now, all we have to do is wait for the right opportunity, and that seed will sprout..."

At this point, Admiral Ke Yuan couldn't contain his smile. He clenched his fist and laughed heartily at the two cloaked ship girls.

"They humiliated me in front of my colleagues, so I'll make them pay! Hahahaha! Hahahaha!! Hahahahaha!!" Admiral Ke Yuan laughed loudly, pounding his fists against the wall of the low-rent apartment. Then, touching the bandage on his head, his eyes flashed with ferocity. "This... is just the beginning. I will use many more methods to turn these three sisters, who are as close as blood sisters, into irreconcilable enemies! I want to watch Admiral Nia kick her two sisters aside, watch those two lose their support, struggle to survive, and ultimately be expelled from the ranks of top admirals! Hahaha, hahahahaha!! We're not done! This is far from over!!! I will repay this pain I've suffered a hundredfold!! I will make you regret offending me, I will make your families ruined! Hahahahahaha!"

Admiral Ke Yuan laughed maniacally.

The two cloaked ship girls kept their heads down, not daring to breathe.

A full half minute passed before Admiral Ke Yuan, who had been laughing wildly, finally returned to normal. He lowered his head, took a few breaths, and then turned back to give the cloaked ship girl following behind him a cold look.

"You are not allowed to make a fuss about this, understand?" Admiral Ke Yuan said.

“…Yes.” The cloaked ship girl replied.

“Let’s go. Don’t say you’ve been here.” Admiral Ke Yuan dusted himself off. “The same old rule applies. Even in our temporary naval base, only the two of us know about this house. Once we get back to the temporary naval base, you must pretend to have forgotten everything that happened here.”

"Understood." The cloaked ship girl bowed her head.

"Okay, let's go." Admiral Ke Yuan nodded gently. "You guys go back to the temporary garrison first, I'll go back in a few hours."

The two cloaked ship girls silently left the low-rent apartment and pushed open the door to go out.

In an instant, only Admiral Ke Yuan remained in the low-rent housing.

The air was completely silent.

Admiral Ke Yuan walked to the window, lifted a section of the curtain, watched the departing ship girls outside, and then neatly closed the curtain.

Admiral Ke Yuan's favorite pastime is manipulating people's hearts and stirring up emotions. As a result, he has developed an extremely suspicious personality. Even the ship girls who follow him are often left with some room for maneuver in Admiral Ke Yuan's orders, and he has never given them true trust.

After the two cloaked ship girls left completely, Admiral Ke Yuan silently went to the living room of the low-rent apartment. He knelt on the ground, grabbed a piece of floorboard with both hands, and forcefully lifted it up.

Beneath the floor was a safe, partially hidden in the concrete.

Admiral Ke Yuan knelt before the safe, entered a password, opened the safe, and took out a thick folder.

"Hehe... I need to prepare the second and even third steps of the plan properly." Admiral Ke Yuan chuckled, patting the folder with his palm and feeling its thickness. "Thanks to the research ship girls, I've made quite a few new friends during this Chapter 8 exploration event. Admiral Nia, Admiral Lu Lin, don't worry, I will make good use of this power and bring you surprises..."

Admiral Ke Yuan sat at the table and flipped through the folder for a while. Then, a wicked smile appeared on his face. He stuffed the folder back into the safe, carefully closed the door, and then creaked the floorboards shut behind him.

After doing all this, Admiral Ke Yuan clapped his hands.

Admiral Ke Yuan lowered his hand and looked at the empty room.

The room was quiet.

"...Stop hiding, come out." Admiral Ke Yuan coldly shouted.

Admiral Ke Yuan's shouts echoed through the room, producing faint reverberations.

Admiral Ke Yuan waited quietly for a while, then his cold expression softened. He nodded, packed his things, and silently left the low-rent housing.

crunch--

The door to the low-rent housing unit opened and closed.

The sound of a lock being shut came from outside.

A series of footsteps gradually faded away and disappeared.

Inside the low-rent housing, dust swirled in the air.

A small insect was crawling on a dusty roof beam when it suddenly lost its grip and fell from the high beam.

Just as the little insect was about to fall to the ground, a snow-white finger emerged from the dust and caught it steadily.

“Some people are just utterly wicked.” Jean Bart looked at the insect hovering on his fingertip, blew it away gently, and said, “If the admiral hadn’t asked me to do something, I would have kicked you in the backside and added some more color to your forehead just for what you said.”

Jean Bart clapped his hands, put his hands on his hips, and looked at the locked door.

"Hmm... But then again, the front door is locked from the inside, does that mean I can't get out?"

"The admiral seemed to have told me to try not to leave any trace of my presence... so I definitely can't kick the door open and leave."

"Never mind, the food in the ship's equipment is enough anyway. I'll just leave with them when they come here for their next meeting... If all else fails, I can always escape through the window. There are plenty of ways." Jean Bart muttered, rubbing his shoulders. Then, his eyes lit up and he grinned mischievously. "Hehe... Rather than that, let me see what I just discovered!"

Jean Bart quickly crouched down, pried open the floorboards, and saw a sturdy safe embedded in the cement.

"What a suspicious jerk! He even got the ship girls to do bad things with him, but he can't even trust them this much... Hmph, my admiral is definitely more reliable." Jean Bart knelt on the floor, sticking his butt out, and entered the password he'd seen before into the safe. "Let me see... what... you... hid... heh heh heh~"

As the password was entered, the safe made a crisp sound.