Elder brother's garrison

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Montana licked his fingers and tossed the fishbone into the sea.

After finishing what he was doing, Montana turned to look at Little White.

Xiao Bai stared intently at Montana.

“I’m not polluting the environment. Fish bones are part of the natural cycle, and I ate all the sauce on them. Throwing these things away is good for the microorganisms that live on them in the ocean,” Montana said to Little White. “Only things that cannot be degraded in a short time should not be thrown away.”

"Hmm..." Xiaobai turned her gaze away.

“It’s windy here, shall we go up to the boat and take a look?” Montana smiled and pointed to the yacht next to him. “This yacht was a gift from an admiral, and it’s just the right size to hold the supplies that other people have sent over.”

"When I saw you standing on the water earlier, I thought you didn't like this yacht..."

"I've been waiting for you."

How did you know I would come to see you tonight?

"After all, I caused such a commotion during the day, didn't I?"

"It really is."

Montana and White took turns talking as they approached the yacht and jumped aboard one after the other.

“Patchina, feel free to take anything you like from the yacht. You can also give it to your other friends.” After jumping onto the yacht, Montana squatted down in front of the mountain of gifts without looking back. As she rummaged through the gifts, she said to Little White behind her with great interest, “I can’t possibly use all these supplies by myself. Besides, judging from the current situation, as I spend more time at sea, these supplies will only increase, not decrease. Wasting them is shameful. I would be very happy if you could help me use some of them.”

Chapter 2985 The Taste of Friendship

Montana... is quite generous, isn't it?

Xiao Bai stared blankly as Montana squatted amidst a mountain of gifts, her hands constantly rummaging through the various wrapped gift boxes.

Xiao Bai swallowed hard.

"This...this isn't a good idea, is it?" Xiaobai walked behind Montana and tentatively asked her, "It's a token of appreciation from the other admirals, they'll be sad if you give it to me, won't they?"

"If you want to win me over, you can simply use your strength to defeat me. Trying to gain my favor through such tricks won't work on me." Montana turned around, picked up a small, square gift box, and smiled at Xiaobai, saying, "Since it's a little gift with ulterior motives, I can give it to someone else, right? What do you think?"

"Ah... well..." Xiaobai subconsciously slung the basket behind her back, "Hmm... I think what you said makes sense... but, you really can't take shortcuts..."

Montana smiled at Little White.

Montana then opened the gift box in front of Xiaobai, revealing the gift inside.

In the gift box in Montana's hand was a palm-sized strawberry cake.

Montana handed the cake to Little White.

"Thank you..." Xiaobai held the cake in both hands.

“Take whatever you want from this ship, don’t be shy,” Montana said to Little White. “However… before you pick out any gifts, you’d better let me take a look, so you don’t bring back anything less than nice.”

"Hmm? Not good? What do you mean?"

“These admirals don’t just give me gifts to win my favor.” Montana picked up the gift box containing the cake, reached into a hidden compartment, moved his fingers nimbly a few times, and then pulled out a small, round, black mechanical object, which he handed to Xiaobai. “For example, this one.”

"Eh... what is this?"

"A bug."

"what???"

“Don’t worry, I’ve already checked every gift box on this ship. I discovered these listening devices that were secretly planted in various places a long time ago, and I’ve also disabled their communication functions.” Montana squeezed the prototype machine and crushed it into pieces in front of Xiaobai with a crunch, and smiled. “You don’t need to worry about our conversation being overheard.”

"Ah..." Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief, holding the cake and smiling awkwardly, "Montana, you've had it pretty tough too..."

"It's alright, just a little tiring."

"A little tired?"

“These listening devices, cameras, or whatever else they are, my equipment can’t detect them, so I have to use my expertise to check them one by one.” Montana glanced at the mountain of gift boxes. “So it took me a lot of effort to check them.”

"Your equipment is so amazing, yet it can't detect things like listening devices?" Xiaobai was stunned.

"Haha... In the end, my equipment is just there to assist me in battle." Montana laughed at Xiaobai. "No matter how many functions the equipment has, it's only because I need to use these aids when fighting against the deep sea. As for listening devices and cameras... have you ever seen any deep-sea creature in the world install such things on a ship girl?"

"That's true." Xiaobai smiled knowingly. "It seems your equipment isn't all-powerful after all."

“After all, the entire equipment system is only so big. If we were to cram in all sorts of fancy features, the volume of a mere jacket wouldn’t be enough,” Montana said.

"Hmm..." Xiaobai blinked, looked down at the cake in her hand, and suddenly realized, "...Oh, right...Montana, when you were talking about bugging devices, did you use these words? Does that mean you were bugged by a lot of people?"

"It's alright, only a little over a hundred."

"Oh, that's still... um? Over a hundred???"

“Yes.” Montana waved to Little White, and a rustling sound rang out as a large number of mechanical fragments poured out of her ship equipment space and fell to the ground, piling up in a small area. “A total of seventy-two listening devices, twenty-six cameras, six signal generators, and other tracking gadgets.”

"Goodness, these admirals really put in a lot of effort..."

Xiao Bai looked at the fragments of parts on the ground with a sigh.

What a bunch of adults who have gone astray.

Unlike myself, I'm not so naive.

Xiaobai picked up the cake, took a bite, and started chewing.

"By the way, I also found some razor blades, laxatives, neurotoxins, and aphrodisiac ingredients in some of the food," Montana added, watching Little White eat the cake.

"Pfft—" Little White spat out what was in his mouth onto the sea, then covered his mouth and looked at Montana in horror, "What? What is it?"

"Hahahaha!" Montana laughed. "I was just kidding. Drugs have no effect on ship girls. Besides, the admirals who gave me these gifts were just trying to get me. It's one thing to put in some information gathering items, but they have no reason to do anything else with the gifts."

"Oh, I see..." Xiaobai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Was the cake delicious?" Montana asked with a smile.

"If you don't scare me, I'll find it delicious."

"Sorry." Montana raised the back of his hand to cover his mouth. "Seeing you eating so intently, I couldn't help but make a joke."

"……"noob.

Little White picked up the cake, ready to take another bite.

“However, even so, while no one would do anything too wicked, there’s no guarantee that some admirals, driven by a perverse sense of humor, might put something lewd in the food,” Montana added. “I’m serious about that.”

"..." Xiaobai's mouth, which was half open, stopped in mid-air as she looked at the strawberry cake in her hand.

“Of course, everything I give you has had its ingredients carefully checked; it’s absolutely healthy, harmless, and pure,” Montana said with a smile.

"..." Xiaobai closed his mouth, looking helplessly at Montana.

"Aren't you going to eat?" Montana asked.

"I've lost my appetite..." Little White returned the cake to Montana.

"What a pity," Montana said to Little White, holding the cake. "It seems you don't like strawberry cake."

"I'll just eat something of my own."

Xiaobai sighed, lifted her basket, took out a sandwich, and took a bite.

Since Montana said she could freely choose and use the gifts she wore, Xiaobai decided to relax as well. She strolled around the deck of the yacht and found a corner piled with all kinds of postcards.

These postcards are decorated with a variety of styles, from sophisticated gold, silver and black to girlish pink and white, and some with unique styles and eye-catching appearances.

Xiao Bai put the basket aside, squatted down in front of the postcards, and picked up one of them.

The postcard had "For Montana" written on it.

After thinking for a while, Xiaobai called out to Montana, who was standing at the bow of the ship.

"Montana."

"Hmm?" Montana at the bow of the ship turned around and looked at Little White.

"Can I see this?" Xiaobai asked, holding a half-eaten sandwich in one hand and a postcard in the other, pointing towards Montana.

“OK!” Montana gave a thumbs-up.

Xiao Bai then lowered her head, took another bite of her sandwich, and opened the postcard.

"My dear salvage ship girl, Miss Montana, it is a pleasure to communicate with you through written communication. Please forgive me for not being able to come to you in person. Today I saw your face through the ship girl and fell in love with you at first sight... Ah, I wrote 'action' instead of 'form'. What a typo."

As expected, the postcard contained the admiral's "love letter" to Montana.

Xiao Bai was engrossed in reading the admiral's love letter while eating his sandwich.

Half a minute later, Xiaobai finished reading the contents of the postcard.

how to say……

The writing is a bit too cheesy.

And then again, this admiral clearly barely glanced at Montana before writing a love letter to express his affections—isn't that a bit too much...?

Ok……

It's hard to give a proper evaluation of a novice.

Xiaobai folded the postcard neatly, put it aside, and then picked up a new one.

"My dear salvage ship girl, I am the seventy-eighth ranked naval base in the world. My family is wealthy and my potential is limitless..."

Is the admiral introducing himself by showing off his family fortune this time?

Xiao Bai read with great interest, then tossed the last bite of his sandwich into his mouth.

While chewing on a sandwich, Xiaobai remained squatting, holding the postcard in both hands, and continued reading attentively.

"I look forward to working with you."

"I believe you have excellent judgment."

"Miss ship girl, I humbly request that you grant me a meeting..."

"Um……"

"It feels so ordinary."

Xiaobai put down the postcard, thought for a while, and then picked up a new one.

"It has been a long time since I last heard of your esteemed reputation, and today I am finally able to meet you..."

This time, Xiaobai's eyes lit up.

Hmm, I've found someone with good writing skills.

Xiao Bai read on carefully.

This postcard is on a completely different level in terms of literary quality compared to the previous ones. The entire text is beautifully written, with gorgeous language, and it appropriately expresses the admiral's admiration and longing for Montana. The thoughts are neither offensive nor too obscure, but rather frank and appropriate, making the reader feel happy and relaxed, just like an essay.

Unfortunately, this is a sample article from Baidu.

Xiao Bai had seen this sample postcard online before. Apart from the different signature, the sample postcard was exactly the same as the content on these postcards. She wouldn't forget something she had seen before.

"This one is quite clever."

Xiao Bai closed the postcard and muttered to herself.

"Did you see anything interesting?"

Suddenly, Montana's voice rang out from behind Xiaobai.

Xiaobai was taken aback and turned around to look.

Montana was squatting next to the basket, mimicking Little White's posture, and looking at him with a smile.

"Huh? Montana...?"

"You were eating so deliciously just now, can I have some?" Montana asked with a smile, pointing at Xiaobai's mouth.

"...Didn't you have a whole ship full of food?"

"I feel safe eating your food."

"..." Xiaobai blinked, thought for a moment, and then pushed the basket towards Montana.

Montana lifted the curtain of the basket, took out a sandwich, and took a bite.

"Hmm." Montana chewed, giving Little White a slight smile.

"Is it good?" Xiaobai asked nervously.

“The sandwiches are just so-so,” Montana said. “If I had to pick one, the fish we just had was actually the best.”

"Uh……"