Elder brother's garrison

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This is a large office, but the interior is almost completely undecorated, with just a simple desk, a floor chair, and the rest of the furnishings are minimal.

Even essential items like floors and cabinets are all in monotonous brown, white, and black colors.

This kind of interior decoration, which goes beyond the concept of simplicity and can be described as shabby and austere, makes the already not-so-small office seem even more empty and cold.

But even in such a traditional room, there are still things that are worth noting.

—A flame is burning quietly in front of the desk.

—It was a woman.

A woman dressed in a bright red kimono, as vibrant as flames, sat quietly in a chair. Her two snow-white wrists, like lotus roots, emerged from the heavy sleeves and reached out to the table, where she gently arranged the documents on it.

Her skin was like solidified cream, her face like white jade, her eyebrows and eyes were long and narrow, and her beauty was aloof and incomparable.

—She was a woman of unparalleled beauty.

The woman deftly organized the documents in front of her, her dark pupils silently gazing at the desk beneath her beautifully manicured eyebrows.

The woman's eyes were neither particularly spirited nor dejected; they held a kind of detached indifference that suggested she had seen through everything.

"Dong dong dong."

A knock sounded on the door.

"Come in," the woman replied simply, her hands moving without pause.

The door was pushed open, and with the sound of high heels, a blonde ship girl wearing a dark blue trench coat walked in.

"Hello, Admiral!" The ship girl greeted the woman in front of the desk as she entered the room. "Did you look for me?"

The ship girl's voice is very mature, like a woman in her twenties, but her tone is soft and sweet.

"Okay." The woman glanced at the ship girl in front of the door, nodded, and then continued organizing the documents in front of her. "Wait a moment."

The ship girls seemed to be used to their admiral's attitude, so they weren't too unhappy about being ignored.

She pointed a finger at her chin, a curious and innocent expression on her face, and ran to the desk. She bent down and approached the woman, saying, "Commander, you're so mean! You called me to your office and left me hanging here. Please pay attention to me again!"

The woman stopped.

It wasn't because the ship girl's words had made the woman feel guilty, but because the ship girl in front of her had bent over, and her magnificent breasts were less than a centimeter away from her nose, thus blocking her view.

The woman had no choice but to put the documents she was holding on the table.

Atago.

"Yes~"

"This." The woman handed a document to the ship girl named Atago.

The document was still warm, and looked like it had just been printed.

Atago took the paper and looked at it for a while.

"Oh~ There's been an anomaly at the node in the first chapter's sea area, a deep-sea cluster has formed." Atago muttered to herself, "This is quite something, there are still some young children there who haven't grown up yet."

Atago looked up at the admiral.

The woman dressed like a ball of fire was now organizing the documents in her hands.

Atago pouted.

"Admiral, Atago is going to get angry."

As soon as Atago finished speaking, the woman paused, then put down the documents in her hand and tucked her hands back into her heavy sleeves.

"I'm sorry, it was an accident." The woman lowered her head, a rare hint of emotion appearing in her calm voice. She pulled her sleeves up to her legs, her head bowed, and kneaded her hands together expressionlessly.

This is the admiral's expression of guilt and embarrassment.

The woman wasn't as calm as she seemed; Atago knew that this admiral was simply not good at expressing his emotions.

Atago looked at the woman and smiled slightly.

She placed the paper back in front of the woman.

"Admiral, what's the purpose of showing this to Atago?" Atago asked.

The woman looked up at Atago: "Not simple."

"Not simple?" Atago looked at the document with some curiosity. "Yes, it is not simple. After all, a place that has been peaceful for so long has suddenly become like this."

"No." The woman shook her head.

"Hmm?" Atago looked at the woman, waiting for her next words.

"Mu Yu, I'm on the phone." The woman seemed to dislike talking, pausing after every few words.

"Governor Mu Yu, Admiral, it's been a long time since you last met him, hasn't it?"

"Yes." The woman nodded.

"What does that have to do with Governor Mu Yu's phone call and the changes in the sea area in the first chapter?"

"He asked me to help someone in the first chapter, the admiral," the woman said slowly.

“Oh.” Atago nodded. “And then?”

Atago still didn't connect the two things.

The woman's expression remained as wooden as ever.

“He shouldn’t know the First Chapter, the Admiral,” the woman explained. “There are other people in the First Chapter.”

“Oh…” Atago suddenly realized.

As the governor, Mu Yu should have no connection with the admirals in the first chapter. However, today Mu Yu actually approached his own admiral and asked to help a stranger. How did Governor Mu Yu get to know that stranger? It must mean that he has a very close friend in the first chapter, and it was that friend who relayed the message.

Moreover, that person has to be someone you know well enough to persuade Mu Yu to help a complete stranger, the admiral.

Atago's eyes gradually brightened: "Admiral, you mean?"

The woman nodded: "Lu Yun's... junior."

"Wow~" Atago clasped her hands together and looked at her admiringly, saying, "Admiral, you're amazing. You can even make that connection."

The woman lowered her head and looked at the half-finished documents on the table.

“I want to go,” the woman said.

“Then let’s go.” Atago looked at the admiral with a smile.

"...I have to work," the woman said softly, her head bowed.

The woman's tone was flat, revealing no emotion, but Atago, who had known her for a long time, could sense her admiral's disappointment.

"Hmm... alright, Atago understands what the Admiral means." Atago looked at the Admiral in front of her with a smile. "The Admiral can do whatever he wants. Leave things here to Atago!"

The woman raised her head, and a rare bright light appeared in her usually calm eyes.

Her beautiful face, which could rival that of ship girls, is made even more adorable by this radiant expression.

"Thank you," the woman said to Atago.

"Don't mention it!" Atago smiled at the admiral in front of her, then twirled around a few times with her hands behind her back, her dark blue trench coat and long golden hair swaying with her movements. "This is what Atago-neechan should do for the admiral, of course Atago wants something in return. If you want to thank Atago, just snuggle up to her and act all cute~"

Atago smiled and turned her back to the admiral, waiting for her reply.

Then, after more than ten seconds, there was still no response from the admiral.

"Admiral?" Atago turned her head with some curiosity.

The emotionless admiral, dressed in a fiery red kimono, was rapidly organizing documents on the table with both hands outstretched.

Atago's expression froze.

"Admiral!" Atago pouted, looking at the woman in front of her who was rapidly organizing documents at her desk. "Atago is angry!"

This admiral, who has no job title, no skills, and no connections, is actually a workaholic who starts working without warning.

"Sorry, it was an accident..."

"Atago is no longer helping the Admiral! The Admiral can just stay here and be his Governor!"

"!!" The woman's body stiffened, as if she had been greatly shocked.

Chapter 292 Vigilance

This was just Atago saying something in anger, but her admiral was genuinely frightened.

The woman in red had her head down, her face expressionless, but she exuded an air of melancholy.

It took Atago a long time to explain that she had just said it in anger and that she wouldn't really abandon the admiral before she could finally comfort him.

Honestly, I'm the one who's been wronged.

Atago looked at the admiral, who had been comforted and whose expressionless face was now blooming with little flowers that seemed to belong only in manga, and felt helpless.

Atago is the admiral's secretary ship, and one of the few ship girls in the entire mansion who can help the admiral with his documents.

The admiral holds a high position and is very young.

He was twenty-four years old and a governor.

In the governors' circle, which is mostly made up of elderly men or middle-aged men, this admiral of their own, along with the one in the Pacific, is considered a breath of fresh air and a mudslide in the governors' circle.

"Admiral, when are you planning to leave?" Atago asked.

The woman in red sat back down and then reached under the desk to pull out a suitcase.

It seems this person had everything prepared before even looking for Atago.

"You don't need to bring a suitcase. You can get all kinds of high-end daily necessities just by swiping your card there," Atago said to the admiral.

The woman silently put down her suitcase.

"Does it look like the Admiral is planning to leave tomorrow?" Atago asked.

The woman looked at Atago quietly.

"...Could it be now?" Atago asked tentatively.

The woman nodded.

"No, Admiral, it's so late, where would we find any more..." Atago quickly waved her hand to indicate that she thought it was impossible.

"Ring ring ring ring—" Just then, the landline phone on the woman's desk rang.

The woman didn't answer the phone; instead, she continued to quietly watch Atago.

Atago picked up the microphone: "Hello? This is the Inland Governor's Office."

"Sir, your requested plane tickets and shuttle bus are ready, and we can depart at any time." The man's voice came respectfully from the other end of the line.

Atago held the microphone and looked towards her admiral.

The woman in red was holding her admiral's badge in her hand, using it to block her view.

A mere admiral's certificate certainly can't hide a face; this behavior is akin to burying one's head in the sand.

Atago sighed.

"I just can't do anything with the Admiral. Atago wasn't even prepared to take over today." Atago looked at the Admiral. "You've already prepared everything, haven't you?"

The woman put down her admiral's certificate and nodded.

"Alright." Atago looked at the admiral and smiled with relief. "Admiral, have a safe journey."

"Thank you, Atago." The woman stood up, clutching her admiral's badge, and thanked Atago.

"Alright, Admiral, let's go. If we don't leave soon, Atago might change her mind."

The woman hurriedly ran out of the office.

Atago slowly sat down in the spot where the woman had been sitting.

If the admiral wants to go out, then a mountain of work must be handled by someone, and Atago is the only person who can take on this task.

Admittedly, it's a pity that she can't go out with the Admiral, but for Atago, it's enough.

"Hehehe."

Atago slammed her body down onto the table, her firm breasts being pressed into a pulpy mess by the rough movement.

Atago's little nose twitched as she sniffed rapidly across the table.

She smiled contentedly.