Elder brother's garrison

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The explosion of the super construction machine happened in an instant. In that instant, the original office was completely enveloped in thick, acrid gray smoke.

The surrounding floors, walls, and rows of furniture were riddled with holes from ejected metal fragments. These holes varied in size, but without exception, they were all very deep, slowly emitting deadly heat and faint smoke.

This isn't a construction machine...

That's clearly a high-explosive grenade.

Little White lay on the ground, looking at the riddled ceiling, and sighed with emotion.

However, Xiaobai did not feel any attack at this time. On the contrary, although she was exposed to the thick smoke in the office, she felt that the ground beneath her was soft and she was lying down very comfortably.

Xiao Bai slowly raised its head and looked around.

"Cough cough cough, Admiral, are you alright?"

In front of Xiaobai, four Iowa-class ship girls were protecting her with their backs against the construction machine. They were squatting on the ground, coughing softly from the thick smoke around them, but they still raised their eyes and looked at Xiaobai with concern.

Golden flames rose from the back of the Iowa-class aircraft.

Following the flames, Xiaobai saw Montana standing to the side, one of her arms extending a thin line of flames, which she was drawing back.

Seeing the concerned expressions on the ship girls' faces, Xiaobai suddenly felt a sense of relief.

However, after feeling relieved, Xiaobai suddenly became puzzled again.

Huh? Wait a minute?

Since all four Iowa-class ship girls are in front of me, and Montana is also next to me... then who is under my butt?

A flash of inspiration.

Xiaobai suddenly realized something, she shrugged her shoulders and looked back nervously.

as predicted.

Xiao Bai found himself sitting in Illinois's lap. Illinois's shawl had been blown behind her during the explosion, revealing her somewhat revealing outfit. Xiao Bai's buttocks were now pressed against Illinois's thighs, their bodies almost pressed together.

"what……"

Xiao Bai immediately felt embarrassed and blushed.

Illinois's legs are a classic wine glass shape, long and slender with slim calves and fuller thighs. No wonder Xiaobai found them so soft to the touch.

"Illinois, I'm sorry... I'll get up right away..."

Little White scrambled off Illinois somewhat clumsily.

"Admiral, I'm fine, and please be fine too." Illinois smiled as she watched Xiaobai's flustered state. She seemed completely unbothered by the rather intimate physical contact Xiaobai had with her, and even seemed to enjoy it.

After Xiaobai got up, he reached out and pulled Illinois up from the ground.

Illinois got up, dusted herself off, looked around, and found the shawl that had been blown onto the threshold not far away.

Illinois walked up to the shawl, took it off the threshold, shook off the dust, and draped it back over her shoulders.

"That explosion was really powerful. Is building ship girls such a dangerous thing?" Illinois raised her hand and pinched the bullet hole marks on her shawl. She turned around and asked Shiro and the ship girls.

“Actually, building ship girls is quite safe…” The ship girls looked at each other, a slightly helpless smile on their faces.

“This office is no longer safe to live in.” After retracting the golden flames used for defense, Montana looked around at the wreckage that resembled an indoor gunfight. She pressed her tech hair clip, and her monocle flickered. “Admiral, the concentration of pollutants such as particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides in the air is high. Staying here for too long may have adverse health effects. We need to get out of here quickly.”

"Cough cough cough, I agree..." Wisconsin coughed, covering her mouth.

"It seems this construction was a failure again. Next time we build, we need to pay more attention to safety..." The ship girls looked at each other and said one after another.

Xiaobai scratched her head with mixed feelings. She looked up at the thick smoke billowing inside and the completely charred floor, and couldn't help but sigh.

Xiaobai's dream of building was ultimately shattered.

"Thank you all... for protecting me just now," Xiaobai said to the ship girls.

"That was just an instinctive physical reaction..." the ship girls chuckled and waved their hands. "Actually, with the admiral's physical strength, he could have withstood the explosion just now, right?"

"That's the logic, but..."

"Alright, alright, let's save the pleasantries for later. Montana just said the air quality here isn't good, let's go outside and talk."

"……Um……"

Everyone dusted themselves off and prepared to leave the office.

However, before leaving the office, everyone subconsciously glanced at the location of the Super Construction Machine—or rather, the location where the Super Construction Machine "used to" be.

That area was where the smoke was thickest, completely invisible, like an abyss.

At this point, as the air dispersed and time passed, the thick smoke at the explosion's epicenter dissipated slightly.

Then... just as the thick smoke dissipated a little, Xiaobai and the ship girls, who were about to leave, suddenly frowned and looked inside with some confusion.

In the dim light... everyone felt as if they saw a figure inside?

Amidst the thick smoke, a tall figure, dressed in a fitted Western-style dress and holding a parasol, could be seen appearing and disappearing intermittently.

In the smoke, the figure stood sideways, her posture upright and elegant, like a well-mannered lady.

Apart from that, no one could see anything clearly except for the silhouette of the figure that appeared and disappeared intermittently, and the way her long, flowing hair danced in the smoke.

"……Um??"

Xiaobai and the ship girls exclaimed in surprise almost at the same time.

wait?

Is there someone in that smoke?

Are you sure you didn't see that wrong?

After that super construction machine exploded... is there anything left in the center of the explosion?

Just as the ship girls and Xiaobai were about to rub their eyes and take another look, the figure in the smoke seemed to sense Xiaobai and the others' gaze. She turned her head slightly in the smoke, and her sideways-standing figure became clearly visible, her face facing Xiaobai and the others.

Chapter 3666 The Young Lady is Here

Through the thick smoke, Xiaobai and his group stared at the figures within the smoke.

Xiao Bai's eyes widened.

"Wait, isn't there someone over there?" Wisconsin pointed at the smoke, saying to the crowd with disbelief, "Am I seeing things?"

“It seems I’m not mistaken…” Iowa nodded, her gaze also fixed on the smoke. “It looks like… a ship girl.”

"Built by the Super Construction Machine?"

"Didn't it just explode?"

"It exploded and no goods were shipped."

"Okay, okay, so you'll play like this, right!"

The ship girls chatted amongst themselves, while Shiro, standing among them, stared blankly at the smoke with her mouth agape.

Xiao Bai remembers... he didn't put any quick construction devices into the construction device, did he?

Didn't that super construction machine explode before it could even build any ship girls?

What happened to that figure that suddenly appeared...?

As Xiaobai was thinking, her thoughts suddenly changed.

Oh no...

Is it possible that the super construction machine injected all its energy into the ship girls inside the cabin before it exploded, and then completed the entire construction process of the ship girls before the explosion?

Given the capabilities of the super construction machine, this doesn't seem entirely impossible...

As Xiaobai was pondering this, the figure in the smoke, after staring at Xiaobai and his group for a long time through the smoke, finally turned around and slowly walked towards Xiaobai.

She moved!

She didn't run away, but instead approached us!

The ship girls instinctively closed their mouths and fell silent.

Throughout the office, everyone stared intently at the figure within the smoke.

Click, click.

The crisp sound of high heels clicking on the floor echoed in the quiet office.

As everyone watched, the figure walked to the edge of the smoke. She gently waved the parasol on her shoulder, and then the smoke in front of her broke apart like flowing water.

Immediately afterwards, a green dress that looked somewhat dated but also strangely captivating emerged from the fog.

A woman slowly emerged from the smoke. She was tall and mature, and at first glance, she seemed like a graceful noblewoman. But upon closer inspection, there was also a faint yet undeniable girlish charm.

She gently held up the parasol she was wearing, her fingers pinching the handle, turning it lightly as she strolled leisurely.

Even after emerging from the thick smoke, she remained clean and tidy, without a trace of dust. Her long, black hair lay smoothly against her body, revealing the unique, reserved yet striking qualities of an Eastern woman.

"Such majesty, such combat prowess..." The woman who emerged from the smoke spoke softly, her eyes slowly sweeping over the crowd before finally settling precisely on Xiaobai, who was surrounded by the crowd in the middle. "What a unique welcoming ceremony, a very distinctive new style, my admiral."

The ship girl's voice was calm and composed, gentle and unhurried.

When the ship girl spoke, everyone present snapped out of their daze of what was happening before them.

"You... are you a human or a ghost?" Wisconsin took a deep breath and asked nervously.

"Miss, may I ask your name?" The ship girl's gaze fell on Wisconsin.

Wisconsin.

“Your name is quite unique, Miss Wisconsin.” The woman in the dress holding the umbrella paused slightly, then smiled and continued, “Of course I am neither human nor ghost. I am a ship girl, a being who came from the deep sea to serve the Admiral in response to his call.”

"You...you didn't go up with the bombing!" Wisconsin stammered.

The woman in the dress holding the umbrella looked at Wisconsin, then turned her gaze to the side and met Xiaobai's eyes.

Xiao Bai stared at the woman in the dress for a long time, especially when she saw the gap in the dress that revealed the deep structure inside her full bosom. Only then did she come back to her senses.

"Um... actually, this explosion... was an accident." Xiaobai said apologetically to the woman in the Western dress, "Um... hello, I'm your admiral, you can call me Lu Lin... I think you need to hear our explanation about this accident..."

The woman in the Western-style dress held up an umbrella, squinted at Xiaobai, and revealed a smile.

“Hello, lovely admiral,” the woman in Western dress said. “Please allow me to introduce myself first… As you can see, I am a battlecruiser from a dark and turbulent era. From this day forward, I will serve you. You may call me Battlecruiser 1913.”

"1913?" Everyone was taken aback, looking at the ship girl in front of them with confusion. "Is that your name?"

“That’s right.” 1913 lowered her eyes, exuding a quiet elegance like a young lady, and said as she turned her parasol.

"Are there... are there other more convenient names for it?" The ship girls looked at them strangely.

"My name is just a label to me. You can call me in any way you like, as long as I can tell you're calling me," 1913 said with a smile.

"Oh……"

After hearing this, the ship girls all fell silent.

The group looked at the green-dressed ship girl in front of them, watching her holding a parasol and looking relaxed and calm. They exchanged glances.

"This Miss 1913... seems surprisingly easy to talk to?"

"Hmm... I thought she was going to be a big shot when I saw her come out..." Wisconsin nodded.

"He's a very good-tempered senior."

"This is also a senior?"

"She's a very good-tempered older sister."

"This is also a sister?"

"..."

The ship girls chimed in with their own comments.

The ship girls gradually began to have a heated discussion.

Standing before the ship girls, 1913 remained expressionless even as they engaged in heated discussions in front of her. She simply watched them quietly, a calm and composed expression on her face, her dark eyes taking in their conversation.

Finally, 1913 looked at Xiaobai.

“What a lively naval base, my admiral,” 1913 said to Xiaobai.

"Ah...yes, yes..." Xiaobai nodded subconsciously, her hands folded in front of her body with a little nervousness.

Impressive.

Although the 1913 in front of him was a ship girl who had just stepped out of the construction device... or had just been blown out of the construction device, Xiaobai inexplicably felt as if he were facing Lexington.