Elder brother's garrison

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“The Admiral is right… In this world, who doesn’t have a few secrets?” Changchun looked up at the blue sky and white clouds, and gently took Xiaobai’s arm. “The Admiral has such a high level of understanding.”

The other ship girls turned their heads, their expressions much more relaxed.

Hancock walked at the very back, watching Little White's back, her pale yellow eyes reflecting her small body.

Xiaobai and the ship girls first went back to the hotel. After packing their luggage and checking out of the hotel, Xiaobai and her group went to the house they had purchased a few days earlier to house the teleportation anchor point. They received the property certificate and house key from the middleman.

It took Xiaobai and the ship girls an afternoon to transform one of the rooms in the house into a teleportation anchor point.

Thus, Xiaobai's brief journey home came to a temporary end.

After setting up the teleportation anchor point, the goddess of the hearth stretched and told Xiaobai that she had had a lot of fun playing with him, but she was a little tired and wanted to go back to Chapter 8 to rest.

Since the teleportation anchor points were already set up, Xiaobai had Super Dahe send the Goddess of the Hearth back to Chapter 8. After Super Dahe returned, she took Super Dahe with her left hand and Changchun with her right, and the three of them continued their journey to the next teleportation anchor point.

unconsciously.

Two months have passed just like that.

Chapter 3469 Veneto's Envy

Two months later, Xiaobai, Chaoda, and Changchun took a quick trip around the world. They were like tourists checking off tourist attractions, rapidly visiting famous cities around the world, buying houses, and settling teleportation anchors, all in one go.

The number of properties under Xiaobai's name has increased rapidly during this period, unknowingly developing into a somewhat shocking figure.

As these numbers grew, Chaoda gradually began to lose track of the increasingly numerous teleportation anchors in the teleportation corridor. She gradually only remembered a few important anchors, leaving the rest to Xiaobai to memorize.

With the last teleportation anchor successfully placed, Xiaobai and his companions' journey to the teleportation anchors came to an end.

The group used the teleportation point in the last room to return to Chapter Eight.

A black vortex appeared in the familiar food warehouse, and as the vortex opened, three figures emerged one after another.

"Ah, that familiar taste."

Stepping out of the teleportation vortex, Xiaobai looked around at the familiar food warehouse and felt a pang of emotion.

"Admiral, is this Chapter Eight?" Hancock, who was at the front, looked around and asked with some curiosity.

"Yes."

"Why is the teleportation point here a food warehouse?"

"Um... well..." Xiaobai scratched his head sheepishly, "Back then, I hadn't really started thinking about the location of the teleportation anchor point, nor did I think about creating a teleportation anchor point network later. I just randomly found an underground warehouse to use, and now this anchor point works pretty well, so that's how it is."

“Oh…” Hancock nodded and said nothing more.

Little White and Super Big led Hancock to the food warehouse door and pushed it open.

The door was open, and the lively scene outside came into Hancock's view.

Hancock immediately saw the vast square and the ship girls coming and going. She could also vaguely hear the sounds of ship girls charging and firing cannons in the distance from the training ground.

"Admiral... is this the naval base branch?" Hancock asked.

"I guess so," Xiaobai smiled and walked out the door.

Having been away for two months, Xiao Bai was starting to miss the scenery in Chapter Eight.

After leaving the food warehouse, the group arrived at the plaza, where the surrounding ship girls quickly spotted Xiaobai and her group.

Upon seeing Xiaobai and her group return, the ship girls all showed expressions of surprise and delight.

"Oh my! Admiral Lu Lin! You're back!"

"Admiral Lu Lin, it's been a long time!"

"Good morning, Admiral Lu Lin!"

"Changchun sister, it's been a long time!"

"Huh? I don't recognize this girl. Could she be the new ship girl that Admiral Lu Lin recently acquired?"

The ship girls greeted Xiaobai enthusiastically.

Changchun politely bowed to the ship girls who greeted her and smiled.

Hancock looked at the enthusiastic ship girls, her gaze unconsciously drawn to their distinctive body lines and their clothing, which she felt was a bit too revealing.

"Admiral, these ship girls... they're different from the ones I've seen in the naval base."

“They’re my friend’s ship girls, I’ve talked to you about them before, right? Her name is Nia,” Xiaobai said with a smile. “It’s just a different style of the naval base.”

"Oh..." Hancock nodded slightly to the ship girls as if he understood something.

After greeting the ship girls, Xiaobai specially called over a few of the Nia ship girls who were on good terms with her to inquire about what had happened in Chapter 8 during her two-month absence.

Xiao Bai was actually a little worried that his long absence from work might cause problems with the operation of the Admiral's Guild in Chapter 8.

To Xiaobai's surprise, the ship girls present all said that in the past two months, Chapter 8 had been a time of peace and prosperity, with the country in good health and the people living in peace. Not only was the Admiral's Guild operating very well, but even the Admirals stationed here were living exceptionally happy and fulfilling lives.

This is as if people would be better off without Xiaobai in Chapter 8.

Xiao Bai was feeling somewhat conflicted.

After saying goodbye to the enthusiastic ship girls, Shiro lowered her hand and smiled as she spoke to Hancock.

"Hancock, our world tour has officially come to an end. What did you think of the trip?"

“This is eye-opening,” Hancock nodded.

"Okay, from now on, you need to settle down and start our rookie naval base training." Xiaobai said to Hancock with a smile, "Our rookie naval base training is quite tough, so you need to be mentally prepared."

“Okay.” Hancock nodded. “But shouldn’t we go back to the naval base first before training?”

"Chapter 8 can also be trained."

"Oh……"

Hancock nodded subconsciously, and then Little White led her to the training ground.

……

On the training ground, sparks flew and artillery fire raged.

The roaring flames, like pythons, nimbly weaved through the water. The ship girls' beautiful bodies raced across the water, twisting and turning, while explosions relentlessly pursued them, blasting the water they passed into the sky.

Amidst the explosions, the ship girls searched for an opening to retaliate.

They seized the fleeting opening, and the ship girls raised their cannons, launching a fierce barrage at the gap with lightning speed.

The fire serpents were tearing at each other on the sea, and the battle was fierce.

Ten minutes later, the fighting inside the arena subsided after a whistle blew from outside.

"Hahaha……"

The four Veneto sisters of the Nia family stood disheveled on the water, wiping the sweat and seawater from their faces, their clothes somewhat tattered, but their eyes were fixed on the smoke ahead with great surprise.

The smoke cleared.

Veneto of the Little White House stood in the very center of the smoke, her petite figure accentuated by the massive ship's rigging that made her appear exceptionally majestic.

“Hmm.” Veneto from the White family raised his hand and glanced at his watch. “You managed to hold out for ten minutes under my full-force attack without anyone being seriously injured or falling down. That’s quite good. You’ve made great progress in the past two months.”

Veneto's voice reached the ears of the ship girls in Nia's family, immediately inspiring them.

"Yes, sir! Thank you, instructor!"

The four Veneto sisters of Nia’s family immediately stood still and bowed to Veneto in salute.

Veneto retracted her ship equipment, placed one hand on her waist, and tilted her delicate chin toward the shore, signaling the ship girls to come ashore and rest.

The Veneto-class ship girls of Nia's family put away their ship equipment and happily walked towards the shore.

"Now that we've been able to hold out for so long under Instructor Veneto, we're practically top-ten ship girls, right?"

"Empire, you did very well just now, but if the carrier-based aircraft had been angled more aggressively during the third wave of battle, we might have been able to give Veneto a chance to use her barrage skill."

"Um……"

"I'm very sorry, if I had been more careful during the eleventh wave of battle..."

"Rome, you've done a great job! Your cover fire was so timely; if it weren't for you, Veneto would have been hit and badly damaged."

"I will continue to work hard."

"Littorio, I noticed you seemed a bit distracted during the fourth wave. What's wrong? Didn't you eat enough today?"

"..."

The ship girls of the Veneto-class in Nia's family chatted, and although they were disheveled and covered in sweat and seawater, the joyful expressions on their faces and their happiness at their own growth made it impossible not to cast their gazes.

Veneto from the White family silently watched them as they saluted, bowed, and thanked him. Then the four of them hugged and cuddled as they went ashore.

Veneto's gaze lingered particularly long on Nia's son, Littorio.

Four sisters...how wonderful.

A wave of emotion washed over Veneto. She looked away, rubbed her neck, and prepared to go ashore.

But just then, the ship girls' joyful shouts suddenly came from the shore.

"Hey! Admiral Lu Lin! You're back!"

"..."

"!!!"

Veneto, who was rubbing her neck, suddenly froze. She quickly turned around and looked at the edge of the training field.

Sure enough, on the shore of the training ground, a figure that looked incredibly familiar and dear to her appeared.

The admiral is back!

Veneto saw Xiaobai leading Changchun and another ship girl she had never seen before to the spectator stands.

The four Veneto-class ship girls from Nia's family, who had just come ashore, didn't even care about their own disheveled clothes and the fact that their bodies were almost completely exposed by the seawater and the holes. They rushed over and greeted Xiaobai with friendly enthusiasm.

Xiaobai greeted the ship girls with a smile, then, as if sensing something, she looked up meaningfully at Veneto in the center of the training field.

"Cough cough."

Veneto coughed, dusted herself off, brushed the white hairs from her ears, put one hand on her hip, and waved to Little White.

Little White smiled brightly and raised his arm to wave at Veneto.

Veneto smiled slightly, his red eyes narrowing.

Veneto controlled her steps and walked ashore. At this time, Xiaobai on the shore had finished greeting the ship girls, smiled and walked down from the spectator stand to Veneto's side.

"Admiral, you're back," Veneto said to Little White.

"Yes! Veneto, I'm back." Xiaobai said to Veneto, and reached out to hold Veneto's hand. "I just heard from Veneto and the others from Nia's family that you've been training them diligently all this time. You've worked so hard."

“There’s nothing hard or not. They’re all very talented ship girls, and they’re willing to work hard. When I see people who are willing to work hard, it’s no big deal to take a little care of them…” Veneto turned her head, first giving Changchun, who was smiling, a wink and nodding, then looking at Hancock beside her, “…Speaking of which, Admiral, who is this?”

"Her name is Hancock."

"...Freshly caught?"

"Ah."

"Admiral, I remember you went on vacation before." Veneto looked at Little White. "You didn't rob a naval base along the way, did you?"

"Haha..." Little White laughed a little shyly when he met Veneto's gaze.

Chapter 3470 Veneto's Battle with Hancock

Veneto seemed unfazed by Xiaobai's incredible ship-salvaging skills and luck. She sighed helplessly at Xiaobai, then nodded to Hancock and greeted him.

"Hello, Hancock, as you can see, I am Veneto."

"Hello," Hancock replied, his gaze sweeping over Veneto's delicate, youthful yet dignified face, and the sparkling ring on her small, fair hand, as if lost in thought.

“Veneto, Hancock is a ship girl I met in Kyoto,” Xiaobai introduced with a smile to Veneto. “Since she just joined the naval base not long ago, she hasn’t undergone our naval base’s new recruit training yet.”

"I understand, it's for special training of the new recruits, right?" Veneto nodded knowingly. "Yes, leave it to me."

"Thank you, Veneto," Xiaobai said gratefully.

“It was nothing…” Veneto shook her head, waved to Hancock, and turned to walk towards the training field behind her. “The newbies over there, let’s talk about introductions after training. Let’s go to the training field and spar with each other to see what level you are at now.”

After saying that, Veneto jumped into the water.

Hancock looked at the decisive Veneto, and subconsciously exchanged a glance with Xiaobai. After seeing Xiaobai's encouraging smile, Hancock took a long stride and followed Veneto into the water.

Regarding Hancock's abilities...