Elder brother's garrison

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The ship girls present looked at the sky, which had turned gray again, and frowned, unsure of what to do.

After the transparent vortex disappeared, Super Yamato finally loosened her grip on Shiro, exhaled slowly, and whispered to Shiro in her arms.

"Admiral... seems to be alright..."

"Yes, the vortex has disappeared. Thank you, Super Yamato." Shiro gently patted Super Yamato's arm and smiled at her.

"Ah... Admiral, I'm sorry... I used a little too much force just now..." Super Yamato looked at Shiro's smiling face, then belatedly realized his mistake and quickly let go of her arm, feeling somewhat guilty, "...Did it hurt you?"

"This won't hurt me at all..." Xiaobai smiled at Chaodahe, "My body is very strong, you know. I'd rather you tighten it a little more."

"Tighter?" Chao Dahe paused for a moment, somewhat bewildered.

Then, as if she had thought of something, Chaoda looked down at Xiaobai's back and her full chest, which were pressed tightly together under the force of their movements, and suddenly blushed for a moment.

Chao Yamato blushed for a moment, then quickly seemed to remember something, his eyes darkened slightly, and he immediately returned to normal.

"Admiral, shall we... go take a look?" Super asked Little White in a loud and soft voice.

"Okay, sure." Shiro looked at Super Yamato with a bit of curiosity and nodded.

With Xiaobai in her arms, and under the watchful eyes of the patrolling ship girls, Chaoda and Xiaobai moved toward the iron container floating on the sea.

Upon seeing Xiaobai approaching the containers, the patrol team's ship girls immediately exclaimed in surprise.

"President! Watch out!"

"Watch out, you might get teleported away!"

"..."

Hearing the shouts of the patrol team's ship girls, Shiro smiled and waved to everyone from her seat in Yamato's lap.

"It's alright. I can feel that the Black Tower's spiritual power has withdrawn from these containers. They are probably harmless now."

As Xiaobai spoke, she and Chaodahe had already arrived at the iron container. Just as Xiaobai was about to touch the container, a black figure rushed in front of Xiaobai, grabbed her hand, and pressed it down.

Xiao Bai looked in surprise at what was in front of him.

Ticonderoga was holding Little White's hand, staring intently at him.

"Admiral... I'll drive."

"Huh? Oh...that works too?" Xiaobai nodded subconsciously, looking behind Ticonderoga.

Not far behind Ticonderoga, her two companions were supporting three unconscious ship girls, looking at her with resolute expressions.

That expression... it seems like he'd love to take on some divine punishment for Xiaobai.

Seeing their serious expressions, Xiaobai felt a subtle mix of amusement and emotion.

Ticonderoga released his grip, and Little White's hand retracted.

Ticonderoga's gaze softened considerably. She turned around, looked at the black container in front of her, and then gently approached the iron door of the container with her palm, grabbing it forcefully.

click!

The sound of metal being dragged carried in all directions.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Ticonderoga's hand safely touch the container door.

Immediately afterwards, Ticonderoga pulled hard, and the container door opened with a whoosh.

As the door opened, a familiar smell wafted out from inside the container.

Ticonderoga paused for a moment, then instinctively peeked into the container, walked around inside, and then rushed out with quick, thumping footsteps. She leaned against the container door, looking at Little White with a look of surprise and delight.

"Admiral! We've made a discovery!"

"What did you find?" Xiaobai asked.

"There are resources here, a considerable amount!" Ticonderoga said to Shiro with delight. "These are barrels of fuel, specially for the ship girls' equipment!"

"resource?"

"Yes! And quite a lot. Judging from the number of these containers, there are probably as many as 50,000 units!"

“Fifty thousand…” Xiaobai blinked.

Because it is a resource used by ship girls, the unit of measurement for fuel is special. It is a quantitative unit based on how much fuel is needed to fill the ship girl's equipment.

For example, Fubuki, a destroyer from a naval base, needs 15 units of fuel to fully charge her destroyer hull, while Missouri, also a naval base ship girl, needs 145 units of fuel to fully charge her missile hull.

These 50,000 units of resources... are enough to feed more than 3,000 Blizzards, or more than 300 Missouris at the same time.

Don't be fooled by the fact that it may not seem like a lot; resources are accumulated one unit at a time. Getting more than 50,000 units of fuel at once is quite a substantial income.

Even if the newbie naval base doesn't lack resources right now, fuel is a basic resource... Look how many aluminum bins at home have been destroyed. Bismarck is out stealing aluminum every day now, isn't she?

Who would complain about having too many of these basic resources?

Thinking of this, Xiaobai couldn't help but look back at the Black Tower.

This black tower... is getting interesting.

Ticonderoga closed the container, jumped back to Little White's side, and spoke to Little White with some excitement.

"Admiral, congratulations on acquiring so many resources at once!"

"How did you know this resource was for me?" Xiaobai asked Ticonderoga with a smile.

"We can tell just by looking at where the vortex appeared!" Ticonderoga immediately said to Shiro, "The vortex appeared right above your head, Admiral, so these resources must have been given to you by the Black Tower!"

"The reward for clearing the level, is that it..." Xiaobai murmured, nodding thoughtfully.

I was just complaining to myself about how stingy Black Tower was, but then they pulled a huge surprise on me the next second...

It seems it's quite generous.

Xiao Bai glanced at the Black Tower.

The Black Tower stood motionless on the misty sea, its appearance majestic, austere, strange, and mysterious.

Considering that the Black Tower ultimately didn't kill the ship girls... although there are still many things to consider, it shouldn't be considered a completely enemy structure.

Xiaobai had an idea. She glanced at the container behind her and then spoke to Ticonderoga.

"Ticonderoga, let's go back to the guild."

“Yes!” Ticonderoga answered immediately, but the next second, she glanced at the containers and asked cautiously, “Then, Admiral… these containers…”

"Let's leave them here for now. Anyway, with so many ship girls patrolling the seas, they'll need some resources to replenish," Xiaobai said. "If you don't use them all, just transport them back to the Admiral's Guild to replenish the Admiral's Guild's resource warehouse."

"That black tower..."

"As before, don't let anyone touch it for now."

"As ordered!"

The patrolling ship girls around immediately stood at attention and saluted Xiaobai.

Xiaobai waved to the ship girls, then signaled Chao Yamato to take her away from this area.

Ticonderoga and the others carried their unconscious companion and followed Little White away.

On the way back to the coast, because of the presence of ship girls, Shiro and Super Yamato could not travel peacefully. Along the way, there were always some blind Abyssal ships grinding their teeth and shrieking as they charged at them.

It's not convenient for Xiaobai to take action, and it's even more inconvenient for Chaoda and Shenhai Dean.

Fortunately, Ticonderoga showed Xiaobai what the strongest individual combat power of the Admiral's Guild is.

Ticonderoga controlled a sky full of carrier-based aircraft, bombarding any Abyssal ships that dared to offend Xiaobai. Xiaobai didn't even get a full look at the Abyssal ships charging towards him before Ticonderoga single-handedly blasted them into pieces.

"Please rest assured, Admiral, with me here, no abyssal vessel will be able to get within a kilometer of you!"

While controlling the carrier-based aircraft, Ticonderoga spoke to Xiaobai.

"Ticonderoga, your strength is quite impressive," Xiaobai said to Ticonderoga. "With such formidable combat power, you're only ranked in the seventh patrol squad of the Admiral's Guild?"

"Thank you for the compliment, Admiral!"

Ticonderoga gave Little White a satisfied smile.

Behind Ticonderoga, two companions secretly watched Ticonderoga grinning at the white dog like a little yellow dog being praised by its owner.

The two men helped their three unconscious ship girl companions and whispered among themselves.

"...Um...did you hear that?"

"What did you hear?"

"Our captain's way of addressing the guild leader has unconsciously changed from 'guild leader' to 'admiral'..."

Chapter 3937 The Sorrows of the Super Yamato

For the ship girls of the Admiral Guild in Chapter 8, the titles Admiral and Guild Leader may sound similar... but in reality, they have completely different meanings.

The two ship girls looked at each other, their eyes filled with a mixture of emotion and complexity.

Well known.

All the ship girls in Chapter 3938 are excellent ship girls who are built, selected, funded and trained by the Admiral Headquarters.

Although the guild leader of Chapter 8 can use his power to order these ship girls around at will, in the end, the guild ship girls of Chapter 8 are still different from the naval ship girls. Procedurally speaking, the guild ship girls of Chapter 8 only obey the position of "Guild Leader of the Admiral Guild of Chapter 8". As for who sits in this position and how many times it will be changed, it does not affect their work.

But the naval base ship girls are different.

The naval ship girls never identify with a vague "position"; they identify with a unique "person".

Whether this person is a naval commander, a guild leader, or someone who has lost their position and become an ordinary person... in the eyes of the naval ship girls, this is their commander.

This is the difference between being called "Chairman" and being called "Admiral".

Of course, the Admiral Headquarters has never standardized how the ship girls address their superiors. The so-called difference between "Chairman" and "Admiral," and the profound meaning behind it, is merely an unspoken rule that the ship girls themselves have tacitly agreed upon. Very few humans know about this.

So, of course, Xiaobai had no idea what it meant when Ticonderoga suddenly started calling him Admiral.

—But...

Hearing people call me Admiral is definitely much more pleasant than hearing them call me Chairman.

It sounds pretty good.

Xiao Bai didn't bother to correct Ticonderoga's pronunciation.

"Chairman...Chairman..." The two ship girls stepped forward, exchanging glances as if they had something to say but couldn't. "Actually, it's about Captain Ticonderoga..."

All the deep-sea ships within a kilometer of Xiaobai were either driven away or destroyed by Ticonderoga alone. Therefore, these two ship girls only needed to support their three unconscious companions and did not need to participate in the battle.

At this moment, Xiaobai saw them walking over, looking hesitant, conflicted, and unable to express themselves, which made her curious.

"what is the matter?"

"You two, don't bring up inappropriate things." Ticonderoga seemed to realize something. Looking at her two hesitant companions, her eyebrows immediately rose, and she said to them, "Now is not the time to talk about such things. The guild leader has a lot of things to do. She will be very busy, as you should know!"

"Uh……"

The two companions immediately cowered in fear.

"Hmm? What do you mean it's not the right time? Let me hear it too." Little White looked at Ticonderoga.

"But Admiral..."

"Just listen, it won't hurt," Little White smiled at Ticonderoga.

“Uh…” Ticonderoga.

"Come on, tell me." Xiaobai smiled at the two ship girls.

Upon seeing Xiaobai's gentle gaze and encouraging expression, the two companion ship girls were immediately inspired. They took a deep breath and quickly spoke to Xiaobai.

"President! It's like this, we want to talk about Captain Ticonderoga!"

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"The captain was treated unfairly, which is why she wasn't made the captain of the first patrol team!"

"Unfair treatment?!" Now it was Xiaobai's turn to be surprised. She looked at Ticonderoga beside her. "Our guild? Is that true?"

"Uh... Admiral, this matter concerning me is rather complicated..." Ticonderoga rubbed his forehead, unsure of where to begin.

"That's right! Captain's test scores were consistently far ahead during the special training at the Admiral's Headquarters! If those scores were accurate, she would definitely be the captain of the First Patrol Squadron!" The two ship girls immediately waved their fists, speaking angrily as if they couldn't believe what was going on. "But Captain has a very straightforward personality, and she's offended quite a few people at the Admiral's Headquarters. Those people didn't give her the position of captain of the First Patrol Squadron because they wanted to get back at her! All the ship girls in our Chapter 8 Guild know about this, Guild Master, you can ask anyone you like!"

The two ship girls finished speaking in one breath, panting heavily, as if they had finally let out a vent of their anger.

After listening to the two ship girls, Xiaobai's expression faded somewhat. She turned her head to look at Ticonderoga, her eyes flickering.

"Ticonderoga, is that true?"