Elder brother's garrison

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Miao Yan was still asleep.

Upon seeing Miao Yan, Xiao Bai paused for a moment, then couldn't help but smile.

Miao Yan... slept for a whole night without waking up...

But yes.

Compared to the tense, haphazard, and unsettling sleeping environment on campus, the facilities inside this ambulance are comparable to a five-star hotel. No matter how noisy it is outside the ambulance, it's still much better than the crying of children on campus.

Xiao Bai gently got up. She didn't wake Miao Yan, but went to the door of the ambulance, gently pushed it open, and jumped out of the vehicle.

Outside the ambulance, after a busy night, the entire campus looked much cleaner.

On the ground near the campus gate, patrolling armed police officers were talking to some people in work uniforms. The campus was now like an empty building, with no one else in sight.

Xiaobai turned her gaze away from the school hall and saw a bonfire lit on the ground not far from the ambulance. A cooking pot was placed on the fire, and Missouri was bent over, poking around in the pot with chopsticks. The aroma of soup filled the air.

goo goo goo...

The bubbling sound from the cooking pot felt especially comforting on the cool morning.

Missouri heard the ambulance door open and looked at Little White.

Missouri and Little White's eyes met in the early morning sky.

"Oh dear, who's awake?" Missouri smiled. "The Admiral is truly fortunate. Missouri's noodle soup is freshly made. Would you like some?"

Little White blinked and looked at Missouri.

Missouri returned a bright smile to Little White.

Little White laughed too, and nodded at Missouri.

"Ok!"

Little White came to Missouri, who took a rice scoop, ladled the soup noodles that had been cooked in the cooking pot into a bowl, and handed it to Little White.

“Admiral, it’s a bit hot, be careful,” Missouri said.

Xiaobai took the bowl, picked up her chopsticks and looked at the golden broth inside. Then she dipped her chopsticks into the broth, picked up a thin noodle, and slurped it up.

The flavor is rich and mellow, a blend of chicken and mountain delicacies, perfectly complementing the smooth noodles. It's so delicious that Xiaobai felt like his bones were melting.

"Ah, this is delicious!" Little White chewed the noodles with relish for a while, swallowed them, and said to Missouri with a sigh.

"I'm glad the Admiral likes it." Missouri smiled, holding a rice spoon.

"Is this chicken stew with mushrooms noodles?"

"Has the Admiral tried it?"

"No."

"How did the admiral guess this flavor?"

"Um, instant noodles have this flavor."

"So, Missouri's cooking skills are quite similar to instant noodles," Missouri chuckled, covering her mouth.

"This is way tastier than instant noodles..." Xiaobai picked up the bowl, took a sip of soup, and said to Missouri, "How come I've never seen you make these noodles before?"

"It's probably due to the materials."

"Material?"

“The hen was caught on the hill behind the school, and the mushrooms were just picked,” Missouri said, stirring the food in the pot with a ladle. “Well, don’t worry about the mushrooms. Missouri knows a little about wilderness survival. Although I can’t say I recognize all the species, I at least won’t mistake poisonous mushrooms for edible ones and put them in.”

"Caught in the back mountain..."

Upon hearing Missouri's words, Xiaobai looked down at her rice bowl.

A thick layer of oil floated to the top of the golden broth, and as the oil simmered, a stewed chicken head, its color turning yellow, rose to the surface.

"……"noob.

"Admiral, what's wrong?"

"Missouri, this hen... could it be someone from this village raising it?"

"Oh dear, Missouri doesn't know."

"Does this count as destroying stolen goods...?" Xiaobai looked up at Missouri with a complicated expression.

"Please rest assured, Admiral," Missouri said with a smile. "This is a very clean hen."

"I don't think this refers to cleanliness... Oh well, never mind."

Xiao Bai shook his head, picked up his rice bowl, and slurped up the chicken and mushroom noodles until it was completely gone.

“It’s delicious.” Xiaobai handed the empty bowl to Missouri.

“I’m glad the Admiral likes it.” Missouri took the empty bowl, filled it with some mushrooms and chicken, and handed it to Little White. “Speaking of which, what about that little girl who went into the ambulance with the Admiral last night?”

"Ah...you mean Miao Yan?" Xiao Bai took the bowl, drinking the chicken soup and eating the chicken meat as she spoke to Missouri, "She's still sleeping, she probably won't wake up for a while."

“I see.” Missouri smiled and nodded.

"Missouri, where are the others?" Xiaobai looked around.

“Sister Iowa and the others went on patrol. As for the other top ten admirals and ship girl seniors, since this is a criminal gang that's practically an entire village, we need quite a few people to keep an eye on them and prevent any unrest before the vehicles that transport the prisoners arrive arrive,” Missouri said to Xiaobai. “So the seniors went to help out as well.”

"Oh……"

Xiao Bai nodded, lost in thought.

Just then, a voice called out from behind Xiaobai.

Missouri, we're back!

Xiaobai and Missouri turned their heads and saw that Wisconsin, New Jersey, Iowa, and Illinois were heading towards them from the direction of the village. Wisconsin, who was in the lead, was waving and looked excited.

"Hey! Admiral, you're awake too! Good morning!" The Iowa-class ship girls came up to Shiro. Wisconsin greeted Shiro, then smiled at Missouri, "Missouri, where's my old hen!"

"An old hen?" Xiaobai was taken aback when she heard that.

"Yeah, the old hen I caught on the back hill this morning is so plump!" Wisconsin exclaimed, hands on her hips, her eyes sparkling as she spoke. "I have a feeling this hen is going to be incredibly delicious! So I brought it straight to Missouri and asked her to prepare it for me! Oh, I can't wait to see what kind of chicken we'll get—chicken soup, stew, or fried chicken nuggets? The air smells so sweet, it must be chicken soup, right?!"

As Wisconsin spoke, she clasped her hands together, seemingly lost in her own thoughts.

"..." Xiaobai looked down at his bowl.

The bowl was empty except for the remaining chicken bones.

Wisconsin seemed oblivious to the strange expression on Little White's face, still lost in its own world, dreaming of its delicious hen.

Xiaobai looked at Missouri beside him.

Missouri smiled and looked at Little White.

Xiao Bai's forehead started to sweat.

"Wisconsin..."

"Hmm? Admiral, what's wrong?"

“…Um…how about…I treat you to a meal after we get back to the human city?” Xiaobai said, silently placing the bowl in front of her behind her.

"Huh? Such a good thing!" Wisconsin exclaimed in surprise. She immediately nodded, "Great! Thank you, Admiral!"

After saying that, Wisconsin looked at Missouri again.

"So Missouri, where's my old hen?"

“Here it is.” Missouri smiled, took out another empty bowl, ladled the remaining soup from the saucepan into the bowl, and handed it to Wisconsin.

Wisconsin looked at the soup in the bowl with a puzzled expression.

Wisconsin took out her chopsticks and poked the bottom of the bowl. She shook the bowl, tilted her head, and then her look of confusion deepened.

"Missouri...why is this soup all mushrooms and no chicken?"

“Those are soup scraps, you can’t eat them,” Missouri said.

"Soup residue? Ugh... what a waste..."

"This is how you make soup."

"Glug glug glug..." Wisconsin trusted Missouri completely. She picked up the bowl and gulped down the chicken soup, then wiped her mouth and handed the bowl back to Missouri. "Delicious! It's just a pity there's not enough."

"Are you satisfied with the taste?"

"Mmm, it's delicious, except for the fact that it tastes a bit like noodles!" Wisconsin smiled with satisfaction. "But don't make the broth next time. It's such a waste to only make one bowl of broth from such a big old hen. I really want to eat meat. Let's make something else next time!"

"of course can."

"Yay! Today is all good news!"

Wisconsin said, a particularly satisfied and refreshing smile appearing on his face.

Looking at Wisconsin's smiling face, Xiaobai suddenly felt extremely heavy-hearted. A strong sense of guilt made her involuntarily clutch her chest.

……

Fortunately, Xiaobai wasn't tormented by guilt for too long.

Because when Wisconsin and her team returned, they also conveyed a special message to Xiaobai.

That is, among the criminal gang captured by the top ten admirals and the police, this morning, one person expressed a very strong desire to meet Xiaobai.

Chapter 3722 The Victim

Upon hearing the news from Wisconsin, Xiaobai was initially puzzled, but after a moment's thought, he suddenly understood.

Oh yes……

There's such a person.

Xiao Bai already had someone in mind regarding the person Wisconsin had mentioned who kept saying he wanted to see her.

Miao Yan was still asleep, so Xiao Bai simply let her sleep soundly in the ambulance while she entered the village with the Iowa-class ship girls.

By this time, the village was completely under the control of the top ten admirals and the police who were acting alongside them. When Xiaobai re-entered the village, he saw rows of villagers squatting in front of their houses along the rural roads. These villagers were being strictly guarded by the ship girls of the top ten admirals and fully armed police. The entire street was lined with a dense crowd of people, creating a striking visual impact.

Among the villagers squatting on the edge of the street, Xiaobai also found the people she had met when she came to the village with Gao Le.

For example, the village women who were doing their makeup were sitting on the ground with their heads in their hands, looking utterly defeated. They were covered in dust, their lips were chapped, and some were even secretly shedding tears, looking as if they had lost all hope for the future.

Xiao Bai also saw the owner of the convenience store he had passed by yesterday.

The shop owner squatted in the crowd, his mouth stretched into a trapezoidal shape, his face showing a pitiful look of being on the verge of tears, filled with anxiety about the future, as well as intense regret and despair.

As Xiao Bai and his group walked past him, the shop owner seemed to notice them and looked up.

Xiao Bai and the shop owner made eye contact for a moment.

The shop owner recognized Xiaobai instantly. He stood there, mouth agape, staring blankly at the shop, his pupils constricted and unfocused, seemingly lost in thought.

When the armed police officer in charge of supervision saw the shop owner raise his head, he immediately drew his gun and gave a stern shout.

"Keep your head down! Don't look around!"

The shop owner shuddered, his weak gaze finally glancing bitterly at Xiaobai before he slumped down dejectedly.

Xiaobai didn't glance at the shop owner again, but the ship girls behind her all looked at him thoughtfully.

"Admiral, do you know him?"

"Yes, I encountered it yesterday." Xiaobai withdrew her gaze and looked ahead as she spoke.

“Yesterday… oh, I mean when the Admiral was undercover, right?” Wisconsin snapped out of her daze, then rolled up her sleeves and raised her voice, “Wait a minute! He wouldn’t have taken advantage of you while you were undercover, would he?! Okay, okay, if he’s playing like this, Admiral, wait a minute, I’ll go give him a couple of kicks right now!”

"It's not really bullying..." Xiaobai smiled.

“Sister Wisconsin, Miss Thirteen and I have been secretly following the Admiral these past few days. If anyone tries to harm him, we will appear immediately.” Illinois explained to Wisconsin with a smile, “Please rest assured, the Admiral has not been bullied by anyone along the way, and Miss Thirteen and I will not allow such a thing to happen.”

"Oh...that's more like it." Wisconsin lowered her hand and pointed to an open space not far away. "Admiral, that's where we're going!"

Xiao Bai followed Wisconsin's gaze.

At the far end of Wisconsin's line of sight was the square in the center of the village.

In the center of the square, rows of villagers squatted down. Those were the people who used to work in the factory. The guards around them were the most stringent. Xiao Bai spotted several familiar dormitory supervisors at a glance. He could still vividly remember how arrogant they used to be, but now they all looked dejected.

Just as Xiaobai approached the square, she heard a series of wailing cries.

"I need to see my boss! I need to see my boss! You can't just take me away like this!"

"I'm an undercover agent who infiltrated this place with the boss—I'm just a cook, you can ask the boss if you don't believe me, sob sob sob sob—"