Elder brother's garrison

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Frederick: If you have any thoughts on this, please tell me.

Lu Lin: Uh... thank you...

Frederick: You're welcome.

Frederick: You don't have to suffer injustice.

Lu Lin: ?

……

Xiao Bai felt incredibly awkward about his conversation with Frederick the Great.

Frederick the Great was not a particularly talkative person to begin with, so the fact that she was chatting with him at fixed times every day gave the impression that she was trying to do something she wasn't good at.

Seeing that Frederick the Great had once again fallen silent in the chat box, Xiaobai put her phone aside.

That's really... weird.

Xiao Bai looked down at the beverage carton in the trash can and muttered to himself.

"Speaking of which... the two days I agreed upon with Yubari and the Vestal Goddess are almost up. They should be giving me their reply by now..."

Xiaobai got out of bed and was about to draw back the bedroom curtains when she suddenly heard a series of slow footsteps outside the door.

Soon, the footsteps stopped in front of Xiaobai's dormitory door, followed by a series of knocks.

"Boom boom boom!"

The knocking sounded, followed by Yubari's somewhat weak voice.

"Admiral... are you there...?"

Upon hearing the voice, Xiaobai in the room immediately perked up.

Xiaobai quickly opened the door, and sure enough, Yubari and the female hearth god were standing outside.

"Admiral...we...we've come as agreed..."

After two days apart, Yubari and the female hearth goddess had changed quite a bit. They looked much more haggard, and their once rosy and delicate faces now appeared much withered.

Logically speaking, it's impossible for them, who possess the power of ship girls, to become so physically weak in just two days.

Could it be that they've been racking their brains over the tasks they were given these past two days, which is why they've ended up like this?

Thinking about this, Xiaobai felt not only that she had a good reason to be there, but also that she was filled with gratitude towards them.

"Yubari, Vesta, knocking on you two must be exhausting. You're ship girls, how could you get yourselves into this state?" Shiro quickly ushered the two ship girls inside. "Come in and sit down!"

Yubari and the female hearth god were pulled into the room by Shiro and pinned down on the bed.

Xiao Bai took out rice crackers and bottled oolong tea from her ship's storage space and pushed them into their hands.

"We can talk about work later. You guys take a break and have something to eat," Xiaobai said with concern, pulling up a chair and sitting down.

"..." The goddess of the hearth and Yubari exchanged a glance, looking at the snacks in their hands with complicated expressions, but they had no appetite. "Admiral... never mind, we're not hungry. Let's talk about work instead."

"Okay." Xiaobai nodded upon hearing their words, then asked, "What about the work—the thing I asked you to do last time, have you figured out a solution?"

Upon hearing this, Yubari and the female hearth god closed their eyes and tensed their bodies.

“Admiral… Actually, I’ve had a serious discussion with the goddess of the hearth these past two days…” Yubari said, “We’ve reached a preliminary conclusion regarding the matter you entrusted to us.”

"Hmm, what is it?" Xiaobai asked, cupping her face in her hands.

"Admiral, as ship girls, we should, in principle, fully support all your ideas and be your backing..."

"Ok?"

"But Admiral, I'm truly sorry about this matter..." The female hearth goddess clutched her chest, took a deep breath, and finally made up her mind, saying in a deep voice, "This time... despite the great trust you placed in us, Admiral, I'm afraid we cannot comply! Yubari and I cannot act!"

"Huh? No??" Xiaobai was stunned.

"Yes, no way!" Yubari said, clenching her fists as if she were giving it her all. "Helping, helping the Admiral dismantle the ship's equipment!! How could I possibly do that!"

"Admiral, I dare not hope that my and Yubari's thoughts can influence your opinion, but... on this matter, please ask someone else for help!" Vestal said sadly from the side, "Yubari and I can't do it, we really can't... Just imagining the scene of tearing the ship's equipment out of your body makes me stop breathing!"

"Huh?" Xiaobai was stunned when she heard the two ship girls suddenly complaining.

Xiao Bai sat in the chair and subconsciously touched her face.

Xiao Bai frowned, looking confused.

"Wait, wait a minute..." Xiaobai asked, touching her cheek. "Uh... well... let me ask you one by one first... you guys just mentioned dismantling my ship equipment... who told you that?"

"It's you, Admiral!" the two ship girls said in unison.

"Huh? Me?" Xiaobai pointed to herself, even more confused. "When did I say something like that?"

"Two days ago!"

"Two days ago, wasn't I talking about... the details of this commission?"

“Yes, the admiral is right. He wants to perform surgery on a female admiral I know who is ranked in the top ten in the world and has the power of a ship girl, so that she can return to a human body!” Yubari said.

“That’s exactly what I mean,” Xiaobai nodded, “but what does that have to do with me…”

"Isn't the admiral talking about himself?!"

"How could that be? The person I'm talking about is..." Upon hearing the ship girls' words, Xiaobai immediately waved her hand and smiled wryly, but she paused after only getting to the beginning. "Huh? Wait a minute... Top ten in the world, female admiral, possesses ship girl power, and knows Yubari..."

Nanxing's world ranking is indeed in the top ten; at least before the end of this event, she was a top ten admiral.

Nanxing is also a female admiral, a very beautiful and eye-catching older sister admiral with a sexy and hot figure.

Because Nanxing is a ship girl hybrid, she awakened the powers of a ship girl...

Nanxing and Yubari do know each other; Yubari was in charge of many of the ship girl modifications in Nanxing's company.

When Yubari proposed these selection criteria, Shiro didn't consider herself at all; she replied to Yubari based entirely on Nansei's criteria.

However, after these two people reminded him...

Xiao Bai suddenly realized something.

Wow! I think I fit these filtering criteria pretty well!

Xiaobai covered her mouth, looking at the two ship girls in front of her in surprise.

"So, you've always thought that the person I was talking about before was myself?" Xiaobai asked in surprise.

“Yes!” Yubari and the goddess of the hearth nodded, their eyes glistening with tears. “The conditions are so harsh, who else could it be!”

"Uh...this..."

Seeing how reluctant Yubari and the female hearth goddess were to part with her, Shiro suddenly felt a sudden enlightenment.

A strange, exhilarating feeling, as if he had understood everything, lingered in Xiaobai's mind.

Oh... no wonder, the ship girls outside have been looking at me like that these past two days.

No wonder Missouri and Changchun were searching for me so intensely...

Moreover, Frederick the Great, who was thousands of miles away, suddenly started chatting with me so diligently, and even talked so much about life...

Hmm? Wait, has this news already reached the naval base?

Well, given how fast the ship girls gossip, it's probably already reached the naval base.

Xiaobai covered her mouth, her gaze fixed on the ship girl before her, her expression complex and profound.

After a long while, Xiaobai finally put his hand down and let out a long sigh of helplessness.

"Sigh—" Xiaobai said, "Yubari, the goddess of the hearth. I mean, is it possible that... if I really want to dismantle the ship's equipment, I don't actually need to hide my identity at all?"

"Then, the person who meets the requirements for admiral..."

"The person I'm talking about is really a friend of mine..." Xiaobai scratched his head and smiled bitterly, "I'm doing just fine, why would I want to dismantle the ship's equipment... It's not bothering me at all."

"Isn't the Admiral all about quality sleep?"

"Isn't the Admiral here for physical growth?"

The two ship girls asked instinctively.

"..." Xiaobai swayed slightly, clutching his chest. "Okay... I admit the ship equipment did cause me a little trouble... but overall, it's still more beneficial than harmful to me..."

"So, Admiral, you really don't plan to dismantle the ship's equipment? Was it all just a misunderstanding before?" The two ship girls' eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this.

"Of course," Xiaobai said helplessly.

"Ah—" Yubari and the goddess of the hearth exchanged a glance, and their withered faces instantly regained their youthful vitality, with red lips and white teeth.

“ohhhhhhhhh”

"Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!!!!"

at the same time.

Outside Xiaobai's door, the corridor echoed with the celebratory sounds of ship girls, like a landslide and a tsunami.

Chapter 3182 is also about me!

The noise outside the door came suddenly.

The deafening sounds of gongs and drums, the crackling of firecrackers, and the cheers and celebrations of the ship girls filled the room, making Xiaobai involuntarily shut her mouth.

Xiaobai walked to the door and opened it.

The door opened, and there were countless brightly colored ship girls squatting in every corner of the corridor.

Outside Xiaobai's dormitory, a large group of ship girls had gathered, lying on the ground with their ears pressed against the walls, secretly eavesdropping on conversations in their rooms. The ship girls were shoulder to shoulder, forming a dense crowd that stretched from one end of the corridor to the other, seemingly endless.

Xiaobai helplessly stared at the ship girls in the corridor.

Xiaobai looked around and saw that quite a few ship girls still had remnants of confetti and firecrackers scattered on them.

You could tell that these ship girls were really excited just now.

"Ah... Admiral, um... what a coincidence, you're here for a stroll too..."

"Good morning, Admiral..."

As soon as the ship girls saw Xiaobai, they immediately put away what they were holding and smiled awkwardly while sweating.

Xiaobai had no expression. She held the doorknob with one hand and looked down at each of the ship girls on the floor.

Every ship girl who came into Xiaobai's sight lowered her head guiltily, and for a moment the scene became somewhat quiet.

"Ugh……"

Finally, Xiaobai covered his head and sighed.

After what just happened, Xiaobai finally understood the thought process of the ship girls over the past two days.

Facing a group of ship girls staring at her with anxious expressions, Xiaobai thought that they had probably been worried about her for the past two days. In the end, she really couldn't say anything to scold her, so she helplessly put down her hand and only opened her mouth to say one sentence to them.

"...I'm leaving the cleaning of the hallway to you all..."

After saying that, Xiaobai closed the door.

After a brief silence outside the door, the lively sounds of the ship girls running towards the sanitation warehouse and getting to work with their cleaning tools in the corridor soon filled the air.

Following the sound, Xiaobai returned to the dormitory, back to Yubari and the female hearth god.

Yubari and the female hearth god sat on the bed, heads bowed, looking tense.

"Admiral, well... you might not believe it, but those rumors circulating outside weren't actually leaked by us..."

"Actually, we don't know who secretly got this information... Suddenly it seems like everyone knows..."

"Alright, alright, it doesn't really matter who leaked the information." Xiaobai sat down in a chair and smiled at the two ship girls in front of her. "Anyway, we're all family, so there's no distinction between leaks and leaks. But you two should be careful not to make this kind of blunder again next time."

“The Admiral is right, the Admiral is right!” Yubari and the female hearth goddess nodded hurriedly.

"Let's get back to work." Xiaobai raised her hand, making a dragging motion in the air, and said to the two of them, "So, have you seriously considered how to change the ship girl's physique back to a human physique these past two days?"

Upon hearing Shiro's words, Yubari and the female hearth goddess exchanged a glance.

To be honest... the question raised by Xiaobai is somewhat insulting to the professional level of Yubari and Nyozakura.

"Turning the ship girl's physique back into a human's... isn't that just a matter of dismantling the ship's equipment?" Yubari and Vestal countered, "Is there even a question?"

"What if this person with the ship girl physique doesn't have ship equipment?" Xiaobai asked again.

"Huh? Without ship equipment... you can still have the physique of a ship girl?" Yubari and Vestal were both stunned when they heard this, and then subconsciously asked, "Ship equipment is the source of a ship girl's power... Do such people really exist in the world?"

“Yes, there is…” Xiaobai sighed.