Elder brother's garrison

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"Ah."

Xiao Bai smiled.

Yamato Shinkai walked over while yawning, and plopped down on the other side of Shiro.

"Good morning, Yamato-neechan," Shiro greeted.

"Hmm, good morning." Yamato Fukami seemed to have slept poorly; she kept yawning and looked up at the sky.

Xiaobai then remembered that Deep Sea Musashi still had the problem of wanting to attack whenever he saw Deep Sea Yamato, so he quickly looked towards Deep Sea Musashi.

To Shiro's surprise, when Deep Sea Musashi saw Deep Sea Yamato sit on the other side of Shiro, he just glanced at him and then continued to munch on his chocolate cake as usual, without any reaction.

"Huh?" Xiaobai looked at Deep Sea Musashi with a puzzled expression.

—Is that all?

Chapter 432 The Demeanor of the World's Number One

Deep Sea Musashi's hostility towards her adopted older sister stemmed entirely from the deep sea will's clone left in her head. Even after the clone was extracted by Shiro and she was furious, many scattered fragments remained in her skull as the most basic carriers of language.

It is because of these fragments that Deep Sea Musashi is still affected by the will of the deep sea.

Although the intensity of the hostility was no longer comparable to the previous life-or-death situation, it shouldn't be that he simply sat next to her without any reaction.

"What's wrong?" Yamato asked curiously, looking at Shiro's expression. "You look like you've seen a naughty child suddenly become well-behaved."

The term "deep-sea Yamato" is surprisingly close to the truth.

"Hahaha..." Shiro laughed, "Yamato-neechan, what did you do to Musashi-neechan?"

"We didn't do anything." Yamato Akagi looked up at the sky.

"She didn't even come up to hit you."

"Perhaps they've realized the gap in strength between us." Deep Sea Yamato continued gazing at the sky, looking like a wise sage. "After all, that body, as fragile as a human's, has its limits..."

"Wasn't Yamato-neechan like that a few days ago?"

"...Xiaobai, your recent critiques are getting sharper and sharper."

Yamato reached out and patted Shiro's head.

Just then, a heavy bell rang out, its sound echoing throughout the entire city.

"Boom--boom--boom!"

The ringing of the bells spread like sound waves from the city center, instantly reaching the entire city. The bells rang for several minutes.

In the courtyard, the ship girls who were playing, those who were still sleeping, and those who were lying on the ground all sprang out of their respective homes as if by conditioned reflex after hearing the bell. They stood in the courtyard, looked up at the sky several times, and then exchanged glances with each other, looking as if they had finally waited for each other. Their expressions were serious and excited.

"Huh? What happened?" Shiro and Abyssal Yamato were confused as they watched the ship girls suddenly gather as if they had heard a bugle call.

"What's that sound?" Yamato Fukami covered his ears and asked with a puzzled look.

The chimes finally stopped.

The door to the temporary admiral's office creaked open, and Lexington finally stepped out.

"Lexington, what does this bell mean?" Xiaobai asked.

"Ah, Xiaobai, is this your first time here? I forgot to tell you." Lexington walked up to Xiaobai and smiled at him. "When headquarters detects that the deep-sea forces during the deep-sea activity period have officially arrived at the sea area that can be attacked, this kind of bell will be rung throughout the temporary city, just like a beacon fire."

"In other words, this bell ringing signifies the official start of the deep-sea activity period," Lexington said, reaching out to pull Little White up from the floor tiles.

Lexington led Little White back to the temporary admiral's office.

Inside the admiral's office, Lexington had already placed the plan on the table.

"The deep-sea activity period has already begun?" Xiaobai was surprised and didn't quite grasp the reality.

“Yes.” Lexington nodded. “Headquarters will only ring the bell at the appropriate time when it detects that the deep-sea forces are moving in a regular pattern toward an area that can be attacked.”

"Hasn't Musashi been captured by us? She shouldn't be able to lead the Abyssal Fleet anymore, right?" Xiaobai asked, frowning.

Without their leader, the deep-sea amphibious ships were ultimately just a disorganized mess. As time went on, the orders of the current deep-sea flagship gradually faded, and the piles of deep-sea amphibious ships would eventually scatter.

It's simply impossible for a group of leaderless deep-sea amphibious ships to systematically invade the land.

"This question..." Lexington nodded, agreeing with Xiaobai's words, "It's very possible that a second Abyssal Fleet has appeared."

"Second place?!"

“The second one,” Lexington said. “Defeating the Deep Sea flagship before the Deep Sea’s active period is unprecedented. We have never tried to do this before and what the consequences would be. However, it seems that doing so might result in the Deep Sea fleet automatically generating a second Deep Sea flagship.”

Xiao Bai's expression became subtle.

Although Xiaobai didn't initially bring Deepsea Musashi back to resolve the Deepsea event period, he did consider that he might defeat the Deepsea flagship ahead of time and bring her home, causing the Deepsea event period to end prematurely.

Unexpectedly, the deep-sea activity period still occurred as scheduled, making it feel like everything I did yesterday was a waste of time. This unexpectedly made Xiaobai quite disheartened.

“Bringing Musashi back to the naval base will also be useful.” Lexington laughed. “Little White, didn’t we discuss this yesterday? The Deep Sea flagship appeared because it benefited from the Deep Sea’s will.”

"Ah."

"The Deep Sea Dean who received the benefits is now obediently staying in our courtyard with her sister. Even if a second Deep Sea flagship appears in the Deep Sea army, it's impossible for them to receive the benefits of the Deep Sea Will so quickly. Look, from yesterday when you destroyed the Deep Sea Will's clone until now, only one night has passed, hasn't it?"

Xiaobai nodded blankly: "So, does that mean the strength of this second deep-sea flagship is lower than that of Sister Musashi?"

“That’s right.” Lexington saw through Little White’s thoughts. “So what we did yesterday was still meaningful.”

Xiao Bai, whose thoughts had been seen through, immediately felt embarrassed.

At that moment, the door to the temporary admiral's office was pushed open again, and Akagi, Bismarck, and Hood walked in: "Lexington, the operation has begun."

Lexington nodded to each of the visitors, then stood by the desk in the admiral's office and looked at Little White.

Xiao Bai walked to the table and sat down.

On the table in the temporary admiral's office was a battle plan that Lexington had been working with Yamato on since arriving in the temporary sea area, which had been compiled, written, and repeatedly revised and recalibrated.

The plan precisely records the data and types of each wave of enemies, as well as the timing of their attacks. It also includes various countermeasures and ship girl combinations tailored to the terrain, providing exceptionally comprehensive information.

This guide to the Deep Sea activity period was painstakingly compiled by Lexington after squeezing every last bit of information from Deep Sea Yamato.

While everyone in the temporary city was still probing the edge of the deep-sea amphibious fleet, Lexington and her group could confidently and boldly use the strategy to directly seize the most precious resources and dominate the high seas.

Xiao Bai knew exactly how much sweat and effort was required to create such a sophisticated battle plan, and also how high the requirements were for the person who created it.

"Thank you, Lexington," Little White said to Lexington.

Lexington said nothing, only smiled easily with his eyes narrowed: "Let's go to the Admiral's Guild and get a mission."

Xiao Bai nodded, quickly glanced through the battle plan in his hand, memorized it, and then returned it to Lexington.

Lexington tossed the battle plan back into her ship's equipment space. Then she followed Shiro out of the temporary admiral's room.

In the courtyard, the ship girls who saw Xiaobai walk out of the admiral's room understood what they were about to do, and they all looked at Xiaobai with expectant eyes.

Xiaobai looked around the yard and saw Qingye and Quincy standing together in the corner.

Speaking of which, when we had a tea party at Bismarck's house before, Quincy and Aoba were also called over by the destroyers, who said they were going to have some kind of singing contest. I even heard those two ship girls having a singing battle back then.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Xiaobai's face: "Qingye, Quincy."

"Qingye is here!"

"0v0!"

"Want to come with me to the Admiral's Guild?" Xiaobai didn't know why he suddenly had this interest.

"Huh? Okay!" Qingye was a little surprised by Xiaobai's sudden decision, but the smile on her face did not diminish at all. She nodded in agreement.

“v0!” Dao Realm Giant Kun also responded to Little White in his own way.

Speaking of Quincy, this meme is really quite catchy.

Xiao Bai looked at Quincy, a beautiful woman with delicate features, big eyes, a small mouth, and an oval face, yet whose face always turned into a meme, and a sense of interest arose in him.

Xiaobai's sudden decision to bring Aoba and Quincy along was purely out of interest. Since she was going to the Admiral's Guild to receive a mission anyway, and was going with the prestige of being the world's number one, she naturally wanted to bring as many ship girls as possible.

Upon seeing Quincy and Aoba being called out by the Admiral, the other ship girls also looked at Shiro with expectant eyes.

Xiaobai had no reason to refuse these ship girls who were full of passion, so she took them all along.

Thus, in the alley full of admirals, a scene appeared that left the surrounding admirals and ship girls speechless.

A long line of ship girls, like colorful sardines, emerged from a large courtyard and instantly filled the entire street. Led by the white-haired admiral, they headed towards the admiral's guild in the city center.

Along the way, the colorful ship girls, singing and dancing, resembled a long dragon swaying its tail as they marched toward the Admiral's Guild.

As the alarm bells rang, all the admirals in the city began to prepare. The first step in organizing the event was to confirm the mission, so they all led their ship girls toward the Admiral's Guild.

As admirals who are able to conquer the Abyss event, almost every one of them has multiple ship girls. A few powerful admirals can even form a team of more than ten ship girls. However, no one can lead a team of ship girls across the entire street like Xiaobai.

It has to be said that Xiao Bai's flamboyant manner really has the air of Lu Yun, the world's number one admiral back in the day.

Chapter 433 Luo Lian frowned, realizing something was amiss.

The long line of ship girls slowly arrived at the entrance of the Admiral's Guild, under the stunned gazes of the surrounding admirals.

In front of the Admiral's Guild's lobby, the cheongsam-clad waitress who had previously served Xiaobai's figure immediately lit up upon seeing her. She then came out to greet her with a warm smile, her fair and smooth thighs faintly visible through her slit.

In reality, most people understand that at places of this caliber, the doormen's roles are usually far more complex than just waiters. Even in the First Sea, Xie Yun, seemingly just a doorman, wields considerable influence within the entire Admiral's Guild.

So when the admirals in the lobby saw the cheongsam-clad waitresses suddenly transform from businesslike smiles to radiant, flower-like smiles, they were all stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but turn their gazes towards the outside of the Admirals' Guild.

Since most admirals are male, they often harbor a desire to attract the attention of seemingly friendly but actually aloof women, driven by their own self-perception of their charm.

When someone sees someone so easily winning the favor of such a woman, setting aside the issue of jealousy, curiosity is certainly a factor.

So they all turned their gaze to the doorway.

Then they saw the people outside the Admiral's Guild, and they were all stunned.

The person outside the hall was none other than the little girl with white hair and golden eyes who had caused such a stir on TV a while ago.

By this time, with the alarm bells already ringing, a considerable number of people had gathered in the Admiral's Guild, and naturally, even more people recognized Xiaobai.

"Isn't that what they see on TV?" Many admirals were already asking each other.

"She really is an admiral? I thought it was a publicity scam."

“I saw her on the street yesterday.”

"When?"

"Didn't we say before that an admiral was carried into the sea by a ship girl? That was her, with white hair, but I didn't see what she looked like at the time."

"So she really does have Missouri?"

"That's for sure."

As the onlookers discussed this, their gazes towards Xiaobai changed.

They were so jealous, but as elders, they felt awkward showing such expressions in front of a little girl. However, they couldn't easily suppress their envy and jealousy, so their expressions were quite comical.

Xiaobai was already used to ignoring the stares of those around her. She smiled and chatted with the cheongsam-clad waitress for a while, explaining her purpose. The waitress was happy to provide Xiaobai with another personal service, and then smiled as she led Xiaobai and her ship girl to the second floor.

Ship girls such as Shiro, Lexington, Saratoga, Hood, Bismarck, Akagi, Shokaku, Zuikaku, Essex, the Fubuki sisters, and Aoba Quincy seemed to be pouring into the room from outside in an endless stream.

The admirals who had gathered inside to watch Xiaobai looked at his ship girl with varying degrees of surprise. Their gazes shifted from "This kid is indeed an admiral," to "This kid is quite a capable admiral," then to "This kid might be a big shot," and finally, they stared in astonishment, mouths agape, speechless, at the rows of admirals behind Xiaobai.

The seemingly bottomless depths of Xiaobai's boat pool deeply shocked the onlookers.

Rows of ship girls walked in from outside the door and followed Xiaobai up to the second floor, forming a line at the entrance of the lobby and on the stairs to the second floor.

You only see this kind of team, this group of admirals, occasionally when the potato chips at the supermarket next door are half price.

They stood there stunned for a long time before finally spotting Missouri at the back of the line.

On television, she was described by the host as the glory of battleships, symbolizing the end of an era and the arbiter of victory. This super ship girl, who was adorned with countless halos, was now following at the back of the line like an insignificant extra. Surprisingly, she didn't show any dissatisfaction at being wronged. Instead, she seemed to have a kind of pleasure in just being there and seeing the admiral.

These admirals, who had previously been filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred towards Missouri, now felt as if their hearts had been hollowed out.

The ship I used to admire so much is just an ordinary ship girl standing at the back of the line for other people?

The admiral, who had suffered a great blow, stared blankly as the seemingly endless dragon slowly surged into the second floor.

"Who...who is she?" Several admirals murmured, unable to contain their trembling.

"They went straight to the second floor without registering here; they're one of the top ten bosses!"

"Do you even need to tell me? Who would believe someone with so many ship girls isn't in the top ten?"

“We all know what the top ten big shots look like, so where is there such a little girl?” a veteran admiral asked, puzzled.

"...Was someone pushed off?"