Elder brother's garrison

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Xiao Bai and Jinan both stopped and looked towards Changchun.

"Do you have anywhere you want to go in Changchun?"

"Hmm... It's rare for me to go out with the Admiral... I have an elder I'd like to visit." Changchun nodded, clasped her hands together in front of her, and smiled at Xiaobai. "Would the Admiral like to come with me?"

"all right."

"Let's go back to the dorm first!"

"Okay...wait?! Back to the dorm?!" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise.

……

The prison at the newbie naval base was once a special residence used to imprison captured deep-sea Yamato.

Now that Yamato has regained his freedom within the naval base, the prison has no one left to house, and has naturally been idle for a long time.

It's a bit of a shame that such a unique building is unused... But fortunately, the prison in the novice garrison didn't remain idle for long. It soon welcomed its second owner, Frederick the Great.

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With Frederick the Great staying in the prison, Yatsen, the prison gatekeeper trusted by the garrison, finally rediscovered one of life's greatest pleasures besides appreciating flowers and birds, writing books and painting, drinking tea and practicing martial arts.

This morning.

Yi Xian sat at a simple outdoor desk outside the prison, leisurely brewing himself a pot of tea.

Amidst the fragrant aroma of tea, Yixian picked up her teacup, gently skimmed off the foam with the lid, and took a small sip of tea.

Setting down her teacup, Yixian gently leaned back in her armchair.

She waved her paper umbrella, her beautiful and aloof face calmly closed as she rested. Her long, slender, snow-white legs, perfectly shaped, were naturally revealed beneath the slit of her elegant red and black cheongsam, gently overlapping like wine glasses, her toes lightly touching the ground.

A little bird landed on Yixian's shoulder, tilted its clever head, and pecked at Yixian's earring.

Yi Xian remained motionless, as if she had become one with nature at that moment.

Crack...

However, at that moment, a crisp sound, like metal dragging and rubbing on the ground, rang out from behind Yi Xian.

1 Lin Yiqi's Story (V) Jiu Ba Hearing this strange sound, the little bird that had landed on Yi Xian's shoulder suddenly flapped its wings and hurriedly flew to the sky, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Yi Xian's brows twitched, but he remained motionless.

The next second, the rattling sound rang out again.

This time the sound was clearly audible—it came from behind the prison gate not far behind Yi Xian.

The rattling sound stopped briefly in front of the door, and then the heavy metal door was pushed open with a muffled rumble, and a tall figure slowly walked out.

Footsteps, accompanied by the dragging sound of metal chains, approached Yixian.

The air around us seemed to grow much colder at that moment.

Yi Xian finally stopped rocking the old chair. She slightly opened one eye and looked to her side.

A tall, aloof woman dressed in tattered pirate attire stood beside Yi Xian. Her long, bare legs were exposed, with conspicuous and enormous shackles fastened to her slender, snow-white ankles. Her face was covered by large swaths of gauze, and her white hair cascaded down her back. She stood quietly like a sculpture, yet a chilling gaze, so cold it sent shivers down her spine, emanating from behind the gauze and landing on Yi Xian.

Yixian covered one eye with a paper fan and stared at the tall woman who came out of the prison with the other eye.

"...A walk?" Yixian asked, "Or breakfast?"

"..." The woman didn't speak; she just nodded silently.

Which one is it?

“A walk,” the woman said softly, her harmless voice seemingly carrying a chilling aura like ancient ice cracks, but this chill wasn’t directed at anyone; it was a natural quality. “…and breakfast.”

"Come back soon," Yi Xian said softly, closing her eyes.

"..."

Seeing that Yi Xian had closed her eyes, the tall woman nodded silently, then dragged her shackles and walked away in one direction.

It is worth mentioning that even when walking barefoot in tattered clothes, the tall woman's body remained clean, and the soles of her feet were white.

The crisp, crackling sound faded into the distance.

The tall woman quickly left where Yixian was, and the cold atmosphere around them slowly warmed up.

Yi Xian gently tapped her other hand with a paper fan, muttering to herself with her eyes closed.

"Ever since that day...Frederick has really enjoyed going to breakfast...I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing."

As Yixian muttered to herself, she gently rolled up her legs, straightened up from the old chair, picked up the tea on the table, and took another sip.

—The prison gatekeeper, though called a gatekeeper, is in a sense just a surveillance guard.

Frederick the Great is not the same as Yamato.

Yamato was imprisoned in a heavily damaged state after her ship equipment was removed. At that time, Taihou was as fragile as a human woman, and even a wall was an insurmountable barrier for her.

Frederick the Great was captured by Xiaobai when he was at the height of his power.

With Frederick the Great's strength, if she really wanted to escape from prison, let alone these ordinary iron doors and walls, even if all the ship girls in the entire newbie naval base, except for Shiro, attacked together, they probably wouldn't be able to stop her even a step.

Frederick the Great is still able to stay obediently in prison only because of his adherence to the spirit of contracts.

Therefore, Yixian was quite tolerant of Frederick the Great opening the prison cell door without permission. As long as Frederick the Great was willing to symbolically report his itinerary to her as the gatekeeper when he left, and would voluntarily return to serve his sentence in prison, then it was not a problem.

Yi Xian sipped his tea, lost in thought.

Just as Yixian was pondering, suddenly, a series of clanging and buzzing sounds of drilling rang out from afar.

The sound was enormous, rising and falling, filled with all sorts of mechanical noises.

Upon hearing the sounds that resembled a construction site starting work, Yi Xian reluctantly put down her teacup, then took out earplugs from her ship's equipment space, put them in her ears, and lay back down on the old chair to rest with her eyes closed.

As luck would have it, the missile range chosen by the rookie naval base was located not far from the prison.

At this moment, there should be more than 500 deep-sea giants wearing safety helmets, carrying all kinds of modern construction tools, working hard to dig and remove stones. This sound will probably continue for a long time.

Yixian had already experienced the power of these construction site noises yesterday. Although the noise was quite loud, she was a rather easygoing person and took it all in stride, so she continued to lie on the old chair and enjoy life.

Since Frederick the Great had gone out for a walk anyway, and there was nothing for me to do here, I might as well take a nap.

Yi Xian thought to himself.

Then, at the garden intersection not far from Yixian, several figures appeared one after another.

Chapter 3809 It's okay to touch it.

The figures that appeared from the garden exit were Xiaobai, Changchun, Jinan, Chaodahe, and 1913, who had just been brought back to the rookie naval base.

The five men left the garden together, chatting as they made their way toward the prison.

"So, Changchun, you just asked us to go back to your dorm because you wanted to find Chao Yamato?" Xiaobai walked at the front of the group, turning her head to smile at Changchun, who was standing right next to her.

“Hmm…yes…because Sister 1913 is taking a break from training today, I was thinking, could I ask Chaoda and Sister to help me bring Sister 1913 over to visit Sister Yixian here…” Changchun listened to Xiaobai’s words, pursed her lips slightly, and showed a shy smile, then slowly explained to Xiaobai, “Admiral, actually Sister Anshan and I wanted to visit Sister Yixian yesterday. We also planned to tell her about Jinan and Sister 1913, but yesterday we met Sister Baltimore and Sister Chicago on the way—as for what happened after that, it was after we met you Admiral at the modification factory.”

"Oh... I see, that's how it is." Xiaobai nodded, a knowing look on her face. She said to Changchun, half-jokingly, "I was wondering why you suddenly wanted to drag me back to the dorm in broad daylight. This is completely unlike your usual style..."

"Hmm? Does the Admiral think I'm going to do something?" Changchun was a little slow to react when she heard this, and looked at Xiaobai with some curiosity.

"Ah...no, no..." Xiaobai paused, coughed awkwardly, and then, as if changing the subject, turned her gaze to 1913, who was at the back of the group. "1913, how was your training yesterday? What did you learn?"

All eyes then turned to the back of the line.

At the back of the line, 1913 was dressed in a light green dress, holding a white parasol shaped like a lotus leaf. A faint smile played on her lips as she gazed tenderly at the surrounding scenery.

Such a refined and elegant demeanor makes it hard to imagine her as a brave and resilient woman on the water.

Upon hearing Xiaobai's question, 1913 turned his head away.

In 1913, her smooth black hair was neatly plastered to her light green dress, swaying gently with her movements. Her brown eyes gazed at her, revealing a gentle and delicate expression, like an ancient well that never dries up.

"Reporting to the Admiral, Miss Veneto is the most outstanding and excellent ship girl I have ever seen in my life. It is my great fortune to train alongside her, and I have benefited greatly from it."

"Oh...so you're quite satisfied with Veneto." Xiaobai smiled at 1913. "Actually, I was a little worried at first that Veneto's training intensity might be a bit too harsh for you, but now I'm relieved."

"It's better to sweat more in peacetime than to bleed on the battlefield," 1913 said.

"That makes a lot of sense." Xiaobai couldn't help but want to give 1913 a thumbs up, her eyes full of admiration.

Regarding the ship girl 1913... she and Illinois take turns receiving training from Veneto. For example, when Shiro and the others returned to the newbie naval base yesterday, it was Illinois's training rest day. Now that a day has passed, Illinois will have to return to Chapter 8 to receive Veneto's training, while 1913 can rest.

The only thing Super Large and the others had to do before was send Illinois back to Chapter 8.

There was nothing she could do; after all, she was the only veteran female officer in the garrison.

There's really no one else but her who can do this kind of long-distance transport work.

"I'm going to take you and Jinan to see Yixian soon. How do you feel about 1913? Are you a little nervous?" Xiaobai continued to ask.

“Yixian… I don’t know what she looks like or what her personality is like, but in my impression, she should be a very respectable companion.” 1913 thought for a moment and then answered Xiaobai, “I look forward to meeting her.”

"I know, I know!" Jinan immediately raised her arm and excitedly spoke to 1913, "I often hear the older sisters at the naval base mention Sister Yixian! They all say that Sister Yixian looks like a fairy from heaven, she's so beautiful, and she has a really good personality, she never gets angry, and she's very popular with the destroyers! She also has very long legs!"

"Forget about the last sentence, we don't have many people with short legs here..." Xiaobai pressed down on Jinan's head.

Jinan hugged Xiaobai's head, stuck out its tongue at Xiaobai, and chuckled.

"Admiral, just tell me if I'm right or not!"

"Hmm... well..." Xiaobai thought for a moment, glanced at the sky, and nodded. "To be honest, Yixian is indeed very beautiful, and she's very popular with children..."

"I was right!" Jinan cheered.

Xiaobai looked at Jinan jumping around on the side with a bit of helplessness. She looked away and exchanged a glance with Changchun beside her. The two smiled knowingly.

"It's a pity that I couldn't bring Sister Anshan to visit Sister Yixian today..." Changchun said to Xiaobai.

“It’s alright, Anshan can come after the renovation…” Xiaobai said. “Speaking of which, did Anshan meet Yixian before?”

“Yes, we met once when I came back,” Changchun nodded and said. “Sister Yixian even wrote a calligraphy piece for Sister Anshan, which is now hanging in her room at the garrison headquarters.”

"Oh? What character is it?"

"Let me think... Hmm... It should be these eight characters: 'in the prime of life, unwavering in one's commitment'."

"Oh……"

"Admiral, Admiral, Sister Anshan and I both asked Sister Yixian what this means, but she didn't say. She just told us to figure it out. Can you tell me what it means?" Changchun put his hands behind his back, leaned in front of Xiaobai, and asked with a smile.

"Huh? Asking me? Really?" Xiaobai pointed to herself, somewhat surprised, but looking at Changchun's smiling face so close, she felt a heavy anticipation. So she scratched her head and tried to speak, "Well... actually, I'm not very good at this... then I'll give a rough analysis, don't laugh at me if I'm wrong... I think the phrase 'in the prime of life' perfectly describes Anshan right now. She's in the prime of her youth, full of vitality and vigor from head to toe. This kind of spirit best fits the first four words. As for the second part, 'unwavering determination'... perhaps Yixian also saw that besides being full of vigor, Anshan is also a ship girl with a firm belief and loyalty. She wished Anshan could always maintain this firm will, never changing her original intention—so she wrote these eight words for Anshan, expressing her praise and blessing for Anshan."

"Wow..." Changchun stared at Xiaobai, her mouth agape, her eyes gradually sparkling with surprise. "Admiral, you're amazing! So that's what Sister Yixian meant by writing those eight characters!"

"Haha...maybe I overdid it with reading comprehension..."

"No, no, it might be an overinterpretation if it were someone else, but Sister Yixian's words always have a deeper meaning! She would never overinterpret them!"

"It's best..."

Xiao Bai shook his head and looked ahead.

As Xiaobai and his group of five chatted, they gradually arrived at the courtyard in front of the prison gate.

The prison was now in sight.

Xiao Bai and his group soon spotted her in the distance. In the prison courtyard, Yi Xian was leisurely lying on an old-fashioned chair, resting with her eyes closed. In front of her were a tea table with potted plants, and behind her was the open prison gate. The prison was empty and deserted.

Is the prison empty?

Xiao Bai glanced at the prison gate, thought for a moment, but didn't pay much attention.

Frederick the Great probably just went for a walk; nothing serious should happen...

When Xiaobai and the ship girls saw Yixian, they quickened their pace and came to the old chair and tea table where Yixian was.

"Yixian, good morning! We've come to see you!"

Xiao Bai called out in the direction of Yi Xian, but to her surprise, even though Xiao Bai and her group had arrived at a position only a few steps away from Yi Xian, Yi Xian was still lying peacefully in the chair, rocking back and forth, as if she had not heard Xiao Bai's calls at all.

"Ok?"

Xiao Bai looked at Yi Xian, who was sitting motionless on the chair, and curiously put her hand down.

"Yixian?"

"Sister Yixian? We're here..."

"Yixian, did you hear what we said?"

"Yixian, Yixian?"

The crowd gathered around Yi Xian, talking and waving at her.