Elder brother's garrison

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"What bait? I'm here."

"Wow... I knew it."

"Don't worry, I'll protect you even if the sky falls."

"But Admiral, you have absolutely no anti-submarine capabilities... How are you going to protect me in front of a submarine?"

"Don't worry, don't worry. Although land-based systems can't attack submarines, torpedoes can't attack land-based systems either." Xiaobai smiled and gave the pursuer a thumbs up. "Besides, my main job is to protect you in front of other deep-sea amphibious ships. Right now, it's just the two of us on the high seas. It wouldn't be good if you were targeted by other types of deep-sea amphibious ships."

"..." The pursuer crossed his arms and tilted his head to look at Xiaobai.

Just as the two were talking, Xiaobai suddenly heard a whooshing sound beside her.

A deep-sea destroyer seemed to have been awakened by the conversation between Xiaobai and the pursuers. It poked its head out from under the surface of the sea not far away and looked at Xiaobai and the pursuers.

The pursuer stared at the deep-sea destroyer for a moment.

"Ah...it came as expected."

Xiao Bai immediately stood in front of the pursuers, assuming a protective stance.

However, the next second, something unexpected happened to Xiaobai.

The deep-sea destroyer that poked its head out only glanced at Little White and the pursuers a few times. It did not have any intention of attacking. It just yawned, then wagged its tail and ran to the surface of the water not far away. It then plunged back into the water and disappeared, as if it had moved to a sleeping spot.

Chapter 3608 The Submarine's Secret

The deep-sea destroyer plunged into the water not far away and disappeared from Xiaobai and his pursuers' sight.

The surrounding sea was surging with waves, without even a ripple spreading out.

"..."

Xiaobai silently watched the direction in which the deep-sea destroyer disappeared. She retracted her combat stance, stood up straight, and looked back at her pursuers.

The pursuer still stood behind him with her arms crossed. Despite the howling sea breeze, her figure remained unchanged. Only her waist-length white hair danced in the wind, and her jewel-like red eyes gazed at Xiaobai, faintly emitting a crimson light on the dark sea.

"The Chaser isn't attacking you," Little White said to the Chaser with a puzzled look on its face.

"Ah...ah...I knew it." The pursuer seemed to have expected this. She picked at her ear with her little finger, shrugged, and said, "That's how it is, Admiral."

"What's going on? Is the Deep Sea really on holiday today?" Xiaobai muttered to himself in confusion.

Xiao Bai was confused by the deep-sea destroyer's reaction.

The reason why the Abyssal Fleet won't attack Xiaobai is because Xiaobai doesn't have the aura of a ship girl, nor does she have the aura of the Abyssal Fleet. Therefore, in the eyes of the Abyssal Fleet, she is at most a neutral being. As long as she doesn't attack first, the Abyssal Fleet won't harm her.

But the pursuers are genuine ship girls...

How could the deep-sea amphibious ship not attack its pursuers?

Xiaobai was very confused about this.

"Admiral, don't worry, at least I'm safe on the sea by myself." The pursuer noticed Xiaobai's confused expression and explained to him.

"what do you mean?"

"What I mean is, like you, Admiral, the Abyssal Fleet won't attack me."

"Huh? Why?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

“Even if the admiral asked me this question… I wouldn’t know,” the pursuer said, shrugging. “I’ve been like this since I was born. Under normal circumstances, as long as I don’t make a move, the deep-sea ships on the surface of the sea won’t attack me on their own initiative.”

"You have this kind of personality setting?!"

"Well, everyone has some means of self-preservation."

"But you used to go out to sea with the ship girls normally."

"That's because I team up with other companions. If I team up with someone, the Abyssal Ships will just treat me as an enemy, right?" The Chaser said, glancing curiously at Little White. "But speaking of which, Admiral, you haven't attracted any hatred from the Abyssal creatures."

"Ah... well, my situation is rather special."

Xiao Bai scratched his cheek.

As Xiao Bai finished speaking, he observed the pursuers very carefully for a while.

The strange phenomenon that the pursuers are not seen as enemies by deep-sea creatures seems to be different from Xiaobai's principle. At least in Xiaobai's observation, the pursuers do indeed exude the aura of ship girls.

However, compared to normal ship girls, the Chaser's ship girl aura is much weaker.

If we compare the aura of ship girls to perfume, then the aura of ship girls on the pursuer is probably a light fragrance. This kind of scent is easily covered and dispersed on the surface of the deep sea where the aura is strong, making it difficult to identify.

Xiao Bai continued to stare at the pursuer's face for a while.

Ok……

Furthermore, the pursuer's skin color is much fairer than that of normal ship girls, even somewhat similar to the pale complexion of the Abyssal Dean. Coupled with her signature red eyes, perhaps the reason the Abyssal destroyer didn't attack her earlier was because it accidentally mistook her for one of its own kind...

Deep-sea creatures seem to be creatures with both sight and smell.

However, the Chaser's faint fragrance is definitely not as effective as the method used by herself and Missouri to completely eliminate the aura of ship girls. Whitey and Missouri are truly neutral beings, while the Chaser might be able to deceive some ordinary abyssal ships with her appearance and faint aura of ship girls, but if she faces the abyssal dean with her keen senses and strong mental perception, her neutrality will not be as effective.

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai suddenly smiled.

"Admiral, why are you staring at me like that and then suddenly smiling?" The pursuer looked at Xiaobai's smile and suddenly felt a chill down his spine, unable to help but hug his arms again. "Ugh...you're giving me goosebumps!"

"Chaser, have the people at the naval base ever said that you look a lot like Abyss?"

“…Tsk, why bring up the sore spot?” The pursuer paused, then seemed to be reminded of a rather unpleasant memory, turned her head and sighed, “Yes, of course, I’ve been told that for a long time. There were even jokes that I could become a deep-sea spy.”

"Haha, I see." Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

"Admiral, this is not funny at all!"

"What's wrong? Isn't deep-sea infiltration fun?"

"Admiral, you've never been an Abyssal spy, how would you know if it's fun or not..."

"I have been one."

"Ah this."

"That's part of our naval base's unique character," Xiaobai said with a smile, giving a thumbs-up to the pursuers. "I think it's pretty good, isn't it?"

"..." The pursuer looked at Xiaobai helplessly and sighed, "Sigh... Alright, Admiral, let's talk about the submarine first."

"Ok!"

The sea was dark at night, with rolling waves and a biting cold wind.

Xiaobai and the Chaser traveled together on the sea, encountering many deep-sea creatures along the way. Whether it was because the wind was unusually large today or because the deep-sea atmosphere was particularly strong, none of these deep-sea vessels, whether they were deep-sea destroyers, light and heavy cruisers, battleships, or aircraft carriers, treated the Chaser as a target. Xiaobai and the Chaser traveled on the sea almost unimpeded, saving a lot of time clearing obstacles.

While chatting about the enemy submarine, Xiaobai and the pursuer arrived at the 8-2 sea area.

At night, the 8-2 sea area, like other areas on the sea, is like an ice surface swallowed by the night, chilling to the bone.

In the darkness, one could occasionally see some deep-sea amphibious ships wriggling and shifting, their dense crimson lights twinkling like stars against the distant black curtain.

"The pursuers, this is it." Little White stopped on the water and said to the pursuers.

"Is this the place the admiral mentioned where that special submarine enemy lurked?" The pursuer crossed his arms, looked around, and then asked Xiaobai.

"Yes."

“Hmm…” The pursuer stared at the water for a while, then hummed in a drawn-out tone, and said, “It doesn’t feel like there’s anything special about this place.”

“That’s right,” Xiaobai nodded from the side.

“I can sense quite a few deep-sea submarines underwater… This place is quite suitable for blasting fish, but apart from that, I haven’t sensed any particularly powerful deep-sea submarines.” The pursuer closed his eyes and sensed for a while longer before speaking to Little White.

"Sigh, I knew it." Xiaobai nodded.

"So what do we do now?" the pursuer asked again.

"Let's take a stroll on the surface of the sea," Xiaobai said. "I've never actually seen that deep-sea submarine. I just hope it can sense your presence and comes looking for you."

"If she comes out, I'm definitely going to beat her up." The pursuer was not giving up.

"..." Xiaobai smiled.

The area where the ship girls were attacked is not a small area in the 8-2 sea area. Xiaobai estimated that if he and the pursuers went all out to circle around this sea area, even without the interference of the deep-sea ships, it would probably take at least four or five hours.

With the ocean so vast, finding a submarine underwater is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Little White wanders aimlessly across the sea with its pursuers.

About two hours later, as night deepened, the dark clouds obscured the bright moon even more completely, and the sea became colder and more violent. Waves, carrying a chilling aura that kept people at a distance, pounded against Xiaobai and the pursuers' ankles, trying to drive them back to shore.

"Admiral, I have a question."

The pursuer suddenly stopped and turned to Little White.

"What's the problem?" Xiaobai asked from behind the pursuer.

"In the Admiral's plan, are we just going to wander around like this, waiting for the deep-sea submarine to come looking for us?" the pursuer asked. "If the deep-sea submarine doesn't come looking for us, are we just going to have to stay here until morning?"

"Hmm...that's roughly the idea."

"So here's the problem," the pursuer sighed. "Admiral, you don't have any ship girl aura, and I won't be mistaken for an enemy by the Abyssal Fleet. If the two of us just wander around the surface like headless flies until morning, will we really be found by enemy submarines?"

"Huh?" Xiaobai stopped and froze. "Oh right..."

"Putting aside whether the submarine enemy actually exists or not, even if it does, it probably only sees the two of us as something other than ship girls," the pursuer said helplessly.

“…That makes a lot of sense.” Xiaobai nodded, then stroked her chin and thought for a while. “Rather than the two of us searching for the deep-sea submarine on the surface of the sea, or making the deep-sea submarine come to us, it seems that the more important thing now is to make it notice us first.”

Xiao Bai murmured in agreement.

Suddenly, as if she had finally realized something, she blinked and froze on the spot.

"Eh? Wait a minute..."

Xiao Bai's lips parted slightly, she covered her mouth, frowned, and continued to murmur softly.

"Attention... So... we're trying to attract the attention of deep-sea submarines now? Oh, right... Come to think of it, those ship girls were indeed..."

Xiaobai muttered to herself intermittently, her eyes flashing with light as she spoke these fragmented words.

The pursuer looked bewildered as she gazed at Xiaobai, who seemed to have suddenly realized something.

"Admiral, what are you saying?"

Xiao Bai responded, raised her head, and smiled at the pursuers.

"Chasers, let's draw the deep-sea submarine's attention."

"Hmm? Admiral, you have a new idea again?"

"Yes... thank you for reminding me earlier, I finally understand some things."

Chapter 3609 Finally, I've Waited for You

Thanks to the pursuer's reminder, Xiaobai did understand a lot of things at once.

This feeling was like a sudden enlightenment, instantly making Xiaobai feel refreshed.

"Chaser, do you remember what I told you about deep-sea submarines on our way to the 8-2 sea area?" Xiaobai said to the Chaser with a smile.

"I remember, so what?" The pursuer tilted his head.

"That deep-sea submarine first appeared the day before yesterday. On its first day, it effectively wiped out an anti-submarine squad, and starting from the second day, hundreds of ship girls fell victim to it," Xiaobai said to the pursuers. "But despite all this, no ship girls have been attacked by it today. Why do you think that is?"

"Did it go back to its mother's house?"

"How could there be a maternal home in the deep sea..." Xiaobai smiled bitterly.

"Why is that?" the pursuer asked, arms crossed and head tilted.

"The answer is what you just told me," Little White smiled at the pursuer. "Pay attention, the answer is attention."

"?"

"The reason why no ship girls were attacked by it today is because... no ship girls attracted its attention today," Xiaobai said.

"Huh?" The pursuer was stunned. "What does this mean?"

“I clearly remember the information about the ship girls who were attacked by the submarine enemy.” Xiaobai said to the pursuer, “When I heard your reminder just now, while I was organizing the information I had read in my mind, I also found a common point among these attacked ship girls. Without exception, all the attacked ship girls came into contact with that mysterious deep-sea submarine enemy on the sea surface after the Admiral Guild had finished get off work.”

"...Um...and then?" The pursuer still didn't understand. "Um...is that so strange?"

“The Chaser, what I mean is,” Xiaobai shook her head and continued to the Chaser, “all the ship girls were caught by that special deep-sea submarine because they continued to work on the surface of the sea after the signal to return to port was sounded.”

Upon hearing this, the pursuer instinctively widened his eyes.

Xiao Bai pressed his advantage and continued speaking to the pursuers.

"After the signal to return to port is sounded, the sea environment will enter night combat, at which time the level of danger will be greatly increased. Generally speaking, the ship girls will return to the shore before the night combat environment arrives."