Elder brother's garrison

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Montana continued to fly towards Little White.

With tremendous inertia, Montana slammed into Little White, then grazed her shoulder, passed over her body, and crashed into the water behind her, spinning twice before coming to a stop.

wow-

The black seawater surged up.

"Ah—cough cough cough cough cough cough—"

Montana, who had rolled onto the surface of the water, braced herself with her arms, bent over with a pained expression, and then clutched her neck and coughed violently twice.

Montana spat a small mouthful of blood-red liquid onto the water's surface.

After spitting out the foreign object from his throat, Montana was able to breathe much more easily.

Montana stared blankly at the small mouthful of blood that had been spat onto the water. She gasped for breath, slowly loosening her hands from her neck and glancing at her palms.

A small patch of dried blood was clinging to Montana's palm.

Upon seeing the blood on his palm, Montana touched his throat in disbelief—the spot his fingers had touched still throbbed faintly, but thanks to the ship's regenerative abilities, the tiny wound was healing at lightning speed. He estimated that in just a few more seconds, the skin cut by the blade would be back to normal.

"That was......"

Montana touched his throat, looked at the blood on his palm, and muttered to himself.

This is blood.

It was Montana's own blood.

Just now, my throat was cut by a sharp blade, and blood flowed out.

The wound wasn't serious; it was merely a superficial injury. For an ordinary human, it wouldn't be a life-threatening injury, and given the ship girl's robust physique and extraordinary regenerative abilities, it was even less of a concern.

but……

even so.

Montana was still injured.

This... is unreasonable.

The ship girls' bodies should be protected by heavy damage.

No matter how fierce the attack, the ship equipment will take all the damage for the ship girl. As long as the ship equipment is still there and as long as the ship equipment's damage protection is still in operation, the ship girl's body cannot suffer even the slightest damage.

but……

Why am I bleeding?

Isn't the Great Damage Protection skill invincible?

Why would something pass right through the heavily damaged protection and cause harm to the ship girl's body?

Montana looked at the blood in her palm. She recalled the experience that was almost like time standing still, the strange military knife that appeared with blue flames, and the feeling of the blade pressing against her throat and slowly sinking in... After a long period of confusion, Montana felt waves of coldness wash over her body.

Montana herself wasn't afraid of anything, but her body automatically produced a tremor of relief, as if she had survived a disaster.

A realization dawned on Montana.

If that girl hadn't temporarily put the knife away, his throat would have been pierced by that terrifying and sinister blade.

The physical bodies of ship girls are almost identical to those of humans in terms of structure. In other words, even a ship girl would have a hard time surviving if her throat was pierced.

Could it be that……

I almost died just now?

Thinking of this, Montana slowly rose from the sea and looked back in the direction where Little White was.

When Montana turned around, Little White was still standing in the same spot, but she seemed very angry. She was holding the long knife that she had just pulled from the flames, and with her other hand outstretched, her snow-white fingers kept poking at the sharp blade, as if she were disciplining a disobedient child, and she kept lecturing the long knife in her hand.

"Deepsea Killer! Didn't I tell you not to come out?!" Little White pouted, her fingers constantly poking at the Deepsea Killer's blade as she angrily said, "The place you came out from was so dangerous! You almost got into big trouble! How could you be so disobedient? Today you dare to poke Montana's throat, tomorrow will you dare to poke Missouri's neck, and the day after tomorrow will you dare to touch the Deepsea Will!"

The Deep Sea Assassin's blade was indestructible and could cut through iron like mud, but it couldn't even make a mark on Xiaobai's delicate fingertips.

“Buzz…”

Under Xiaobai's scolding, the sharp longsword, which seemed to have descended from the heavens like a divine weapon, kept humming in grievance. The sturdy blade gradually softened under Xiaobai's repeated lectures, turning into a rubbery solid that drooped limply from the hilt.

The long blade, softened into rubber, slowly coiled around Xiaobai's arm like a small snake. The blade transformed into a snake's head, pitifully shaking its head and rubbing against Xiaobai's cheek, like a pet that had realized its mistake and was trying to get its owner's forgiveness.

"This matter cannot end so easily. I am going to punish you by making you go back to face the wall and reflect on your mistakes. You will be released when you realize your wrongdoing."

"Om——"

"Go back quickly!"

"Om——"

A ball of blue flame appeared out of thin air in front of Xiaobai, and the crystal beast head cautiously poked its head out from the flame.

Xiao Bai inserted the Deep Sea Killer back into the mouth of the Crystal Beast Head, watching as the Crystal Beast Head swallowed the Deep Sea Killer's hilt, retreated into the flames, and disappeared.

"Ugh……"

After the flames dissipated, Xiaobai sighed helplessly at the scene before her.

Xiao Bai turned around and looked at Montana not far away.

"Montana!" Little White met Montana's gaze, who was staring at her, and then she quickly ran towards him. "Montana, are you alright?! Wow! You're bleeding! There's so much blood on your neck!"

Xiao Bai knelt on the sea surface and quickly took out a series of bandaging tools from the ship's equipment space.

Recalling the bandaging process Lexington and Missouri had performed on her, Xiaobai treated the wound on Montana's neck, who was in a daze, and cleaned the blood off her body.

Montana did not resist, but simply watched Little White quietly.

"Montana, I'm so sorry, what happened just now... it was purely an accident. I'll consider this a loss." Xiaobai said apologetically as he bandaged Montana's wound.

“What was that just now?” Montana asked.

“That’s a knife. It’s one of my... well, I guess.” After bandaging Montana’s neck, Xiaobai gave her an apologetic smile. “That weapon can easily kill people, so I didn’t want to use it. Just now, it must have seen that the weapon saw I was about to be attacked and automatically came out to protect me.”

As Xiaobai finished speaking, he clasped his hands together and looked at Montana with clear eyes.

"I almost killed you, I'm so sorry!"

"……"Montana.

Montana stared at Little White for a long time, then raised her hand and touched her neck.

Montana's neck was covered with a layer of clean gauze, and the tiny wounds that had been poked inside had been meticulously cleaned and disinfected by Xiaobai.

Logically speaking, given the ship girls' regenerative abilities, such wounds should heal quickly even if left untreated.

This level of bandaging is completely unnecessary.

“…Sigh…” Montana put down her hand, looked at Little White with a sigh, then took a deep breath and gave Little White a helpless smile, “I really made a foolish move just now. I thought those ocean tentacles and deep-sea aura were troublesome enough, and that I could only take you down after getting close. But it turns out that getting close to you was the most dangerous choice.”

"Uh..." Xiaobai scratched his head.

"Pachina".

"Ok?"

"Are all the ship girls of your era as powerful as you?" Montana asked Xiaobai.

"Uh... well..." Xiaobai reluctantly withdrew her hand, looked around, and said, "I think I'm considered one of the more powerful ship girls in this era..."

"That's really good news."

Montana sighed with a strange look in her eyes. She pressed her knees as she stood up from the water and then reached out her hand to Little White, who was kneeling on the water.

Xiao Bai reached out and grasped Montana's hand, and Montana pulled him to his feet.

“Pachina, if I’m not mistaken, your ship’s equipment seems to still be in a state of combat damage?” Montana asked.

"Huh? How did you know?" Xiaobai asked in surprise.

“Because I haven’t seen you unleash your ship equipment yet. When I got close just now, you could have used it for defense, but you didn’t. Instead, your protective sword sensed your danger and came out on its own.” Montana said to Xiaobai with a smile, “Logically speaking, this kind of weapon wouldn’t appear on its own unless it truly sensed your danger, right?”

"Ah...it really is." Xiaobai scratched his head and nodded with a wry smile.

"Why did you agree to fight me when your ship's equipment was damaged in battle?"

"Is it because you're in such high spirits..."

How long will it take to repair your ship's equipment?

"It will probably take another two weeks."

"That's really long, is there some kind of malfunction?"

"It's not that... it's just that the repair time is very long." Xiaobai scratched her head, looking apologetically at the gauze on Montana's neck, and said to Montana, "Montana, I'll consider today's battle a loss."

"Um----"

Montana tilted her head, put her hands on her hips, glanced at Little White, and then thought for a while.

"Pachina, do you know the rules for salvaging ship girls?"

"Hmm? What rules?"

“Those who lose to me can never challenge me to a duel again,” Montana said to Little White. “If you lose to me, you will forever lose the chance to obtain me and will never be able to bring me back to your admiral.”

"Eh? Eh? There's such a setting?!" Xiaobai immediately panicked, "Then...then...then..."

“Patchina, you’re strong, you’re really strong. I’m sure you’re the strongest ship girl of this era, so… I hope to fight you at your peak, not just a few casual sparring matches with you when you’re battered and bruised.” Montana smiled and patted Shiro’s shoulder. She stared at Shiro with longing in her eyes. “I want to use this body to truly experience your prime.”

"...Montana, what do you mean?"

"What I mean is, even if I'm being shameless today, let's call it a draw." Montana stuck out his tongue at Little White. "I'll be waiting for you on this high seas. After you've repaired your ship's equipment, please find me again and fight me. I'll be on this high seas, defeating other enemies while looking forward to your arrival."

"Is it a draw today?" Xiaobai asked Montana.

"Is that alright?" Montana smiled slightly at Xiaobai.

"Hmm... But once the salvaged ship girls appear, admirals who want to get you will keep coming over," Xiaobai said.

How strong are they?

"Probably not as good as me..." Xiaobai turned her head to the side.

“Then I won’t lose to them.” Montana said confidently, extending his palm towards Xiaobai, then retracting four fingers, leaving only his pinky out. “Shall we make a deal?”

Xiao Bai blinked, looking at Montana's hand.

Xiao Bai timidly reached out her hand, extending it towards Montana's hand, then paused in mid-air before withdrawing it.

"Montana……"

"Ok?"

"May I take off my gloves?"

"...?"

Chapter 2961 Let's be a little willful

"Take off your gloves...?" Montana looked at his hands with some confusion. "...It's not a problem, but is there anything inconvenient about wearing gloves?"

"No, it's nothing... it's just, it's just a personal preference..." Xiaobai said, blushing.

"That's fine too."

Montana smiled and nodded. She brought her fingers to her lips, bit her middle finger, and then gently pulled, freeing her slender, white hand from the glove.

Montana's hands were beautiful, with slender, long fingers, pink and glossy nails, and delicate fingertips.

Xiao Bai caught Montana's hands with both hands, then hooked his little finger around Montana's little finger and shook it in mid-air.

"Let's call it a draw for tonight," Xiaobai said with a smile.

"I look forward to our next battle." Montana looked at Little White, a strange light flashing in his eyes, and said slowly.

Xiaobai released Montana's hand, took a breath, and smiled at him.

"Montana, it's almost dawn, I need to go home."

"Ah."

"Would you like to... come home with me?"

“No, I’d rather stay on the sea,” Montana said with a smile. “After we’ve completed our mission to salvage the ship girls, you can take me to see the human cities of this era.”

"Ok!"

Little White looked at Montana with reluctance, waved to him, then turned around and slowly left the depths of the sea.