Elder brother's garrison

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"Wait a minute, what are you doing! Hey! Don't come any closer! Don't come any closer, I'm going to call for help!"

"Hey hey wait! Wait! What the hell happened while I was gone yesterday...?"

"Damn it, if anyone dares to touch me, I'll make their life miserable!"

"—Governor, please don't be so formal. We're all men, let's be honest with each other!"

"Be honest with each other my ass! He only shows his body to cute girls!"

"Brothers, charge!!!"

"Aaaaaaahh ...

A long afternoon.

A loud, pig-like scream echoed from within the fortress.

Chapter 968 What an annoying feeling

Because their destinations were different, Xiaobai and Ella didn't take the same train. After buying Ella's train ticket and personally seeing her off as she boarded the train, watching it chug along the tracks into the distance, Xiaobai finally felt relieved enough to board his own train with Missouri and Wisconsin.

Although Ella's ability to be independent is quite worrying, once she's on the train, she's entered her family's protected territory. After all, there are so many of her family members secretly protecting her in the train carriages, so there's absolutely no chance of anything going wrong with her.

On the train to the city surrounding the first chapter, Xiaobai arrived at her berth and put down her luggage on her bed.

"Because it was a last-minute decision to take this train, there are no private compartments available," Xiaobai muttered to herself, looking at the corridor with its many people visible on either side.

"Does the Admiral think it's a pity?" Missouri asked Xiaobai. "Missouri could try to get a private box for the Admiral from the staff."

"Ah? Uh, no need, no need..." Xiaobai quickly waved her hand at Missouri, "This is fine... I don't necessarily need a compartment to ride the train, and..."

“And this time it’s not just the two of us, right?” Missouri looked at Xiaobai with a smile.

"..." Xiaobai scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

The main purpose of the private room is to give Xiaobai and Missouri a private space for intimacy, so that they can spend the whole day snuggling together, half-heartedly whispering sweet nothings.

Of course, for Xiaobai only, she is actually not so resistant to this level of physical contact with Missouri now.

But now that Wisconsin is with him, even if he booked a private room, Xiaobai really couldn't bring himself to do anything in front of Wisconsin and Missouri. Since he couldn't do anything, booking a private room would just be a waste of money, and Xiaobai doesn't like wasting money.

"I'm so sorry I'm a third wheel." Wisconsin, sitting in the seat opposite the sleeper berth, rested her chin on her hand and looked over, muttering resentfully to Little White and Missouri.

"Wisconsin isn't a third wheel..."

"Even if you say that, I will still be watching you closely tonight."

"...At night, I still hope that Wisconsin can sleep peacefully..." Xiaobai said to Wisconsin with a wry smile.

"It's okay, it won't affect the special training after we return to the naval base."

"Huh? Special training?"

"Yeah, the world's number one naval base must have special training for new recruits, right? Don't worry, I feel like I'm invincible now... I guess so."

"..." Xiaobai looked at Wisconsin strangely, "Wisconsin... there's no special training for newbie naval bases."

"Huh? How did you manage to train so many ship girls?"

"Uh... I don't know."

Don't you usually have examples of successful construction projects?

"...basically none." Xiaobai nodded shyly.

—In reality, most of the ship girls who join the newbie naval base are already well-trained and have a solid foundation.

"...Is life there really that tough? Hmph, just what I want. Such harsh conditions are perfect for someone like me..."

"Life over there is very happy."

"...Wait a minute, what exactly does happiness mean..."

"It's just a normal work and life: playing chess and games in the morning, taking a walk at noon, visiting friends in the afternoon, and going to bed on time."

"Damn it, don't any of you work?"

"...The ship girls will still work...occasionally, maybe, perhaps one or two days a month..."

"So you call this normal work???" Wisconsin stared at Xiaobai in shock.

"..." Xiaobai had an expression that said, "No matter what you say, this is how my ship girls really live their lives."

Wisconsin stared blankly at Little White, then turned her gaze to Missouri.

Missouri replied to Wisconsin with an "Is that so?" expression.

"...Hey...what happened to fighting the enemy on the deep-sea front?"

"The sea around the naval base is still very clean, and the residents live and work in peace and contentment."

"So... what kind of business do you usually handle?"

"Hmm... communications from various naval bases in different regions... as well as the results of local maritime intelligence analysis, and regular reports on the maritime situation, and sometimes helping local fishermen with issues such as escorting them out to sea."

"..." Wisconsin remained silent for a long time after hearing Xiaobai's words. She covered her mouth with a complicated expression, lowered her head and looked at the table in front of her seat, and did not react for a long time.

Having been born in this city and accustomed to endless deep-sea ship life and three-shift overtime work from an early age, Wisconsin, who has encountered many colleagues who have gone crazy from working overtime and human employees who have worked all night and look haggard and withered, said that her view of ship life was severely impacted after listening to Xiaobai's description of the daily life of the ship girls in the newbie naval base.

—Is this admiral kidding me?

—In this world, are there really naval bases that support a group of ship girls who do absolutely no work?

—They were just kidding me, weren't they?

Ok.

Kidding.

That's absolutely a joke.

There can't be anything that unfair in this world...

Wisconsin was shocked, shocked, and her gaze began to wander.

It seems Wisconsin needs some quiet time.

……

On the train, passengers got on and off.

The passengers' predominantly golden hair color gradually faded back to predominantly black over time.

Xiao Bai always felt that since becoming an admiral, although he hadn't done many of the proper things an admiral should do, he had at least enjoyed the perk of traveling all over the world quite a bit.

The train, laden with Miss Wisconsin's sorrows, traveled heavily into the distance.

The train's destination was a city near the sea area in the first chapter, which was quite far from Xiaobai's place, so Xiaobai and Missouri spent several more peaceful days on the train.

A few days later, the train carrying Xiaobai arrived at its destination.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

In the Admiral's Guild in Chapter 969, the clattering sound of fax machines pushing papers echoed continuously in the guild leader's office.

One by one, documents spewed out of the fax machine, swirling in the air filled with the scent of ink, before falling to the ground.

At the large desk, a bulky figure, resembling a ball, was writing furiously.

—As the guild leader of the first chapter, Mr. Barbatos said he was very busy.

This year can be said to be the most memorable year of Mr. Barbatos' life.

A lot has happened this year.

The first thing was that, several months earlier, Mr. Barbatos had used up all his luck in Europe to successfully forge a friendship with the world's first garrison, who was traveling incognito.

The second thing is that the first chapter's city, a large city under its own jurisdiction, has been turned upside down and thrown into chaos by the world's number one garrison.

The third thing is that the city in the first chapter was attacked by a group of Abyssal Fleet ships and was almost completely flattened by the berserk Abyssal Fleet ships. Fortunately, the world's number one naval base happened to be there and helped.

To be honest, Mr. Barbatos still vividly remembers what happened that day.

Later, with the departure of the admiral of the world's first naval base from the first chapter, life in the first chapter's waters gradually returned to its former tranquility. Although Mr. Barbatos was accused of inadequate management by his superiors for the deep-sea bombardment of land, thanks to the delicate relationship between himself and the Pacific Governor, he was only required to write a million-word self-criticism and pay a fine; his position was temporarily retained.

All of this was a backup plan left for himself by the admiral of the world's number one naval base.

Mr. Barbatos was a sensible and good boy, and he would always be grateful to that angelic admiral.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—

The sound of writing furiously gradually ceased in the president's office.

Mr. Barbatos put down his pen, wiped the sweat from his brow, looked at the self-criticism he had been writing for months, and let out a long sigh.

“At this rate of updates, it will be finished in another half month…” Mr. Barbatos murmured, took out a cigar from his clothes, lit it with relish, took several puffs, looked at the small mirror on the table, pointed at the mirror and showed a satisfied smile, “Oh my dear Barbatos, you really are the most diligent child in the world.”

Mr. Barbatos hummed and picked up a document at random, glancing at the information on it.

In the months since the admiral of the world's number one naval base left, the number of deep-sea ships in the first chapter has decreased sharply, seemingly because the base's carrier fleet had previously swept through the area. Consequently, Mr. Barbatos's work has changed from being as busy as before to a more relaxed life where he can just update some self-criticisms at set times each day.

Mr. Barbatos puffed on his cigarette and crossed his legs.

"With so little work lately, if things continue like this, I swear, if we don't get busy soon, Barbatos will be living a life of leisure and corruption. I wonder if the World's Number One would be surprised to see Mr. Barbatos like this..."

"Sigh—I wonder how the world's number one is doing these days. But he probably doesn't even remember a nobody like me anymore."

"Forget it, since Barbatos has already latched onto the Governor's coattails, the World's Number One is no longer such a high priority in Barbatos's eyes."

"Ring ring ring————"

Halfway through his monologue, Mr. Barbatos's landline rang.

Why does this damn phone always ring when I'm resting?

Mr. Barbatos had some less-than-pleasant memories.

Barbatos reached out and grabbed the microphone.

“Oh, my dear employee, your call brought back some unpleasant memories. I swear, if you ever dare to call me during my break again, I promise I'll dock a third of your salary and send you to work as a waitress in the lobby for a whole week—”

“Mr. Barbatos.” On the other end of the phone, Ms. Xie Yun from the Admiral’s Guild interrupted Mr. Barbatos’s speech with a helpless voice, “Your wonderful memories have come true.”

"……what?"

"Admiral Lu Lin is waiting for you in the restaurant downstairs."

With a thud.

Mr. Barbatos's short legs slipped, and his bulky body tumbled off the rocking chair.

Chapter 970 is a fox spirit!

In the Admiral's Guild's first-floor restaurant, Xiaobai looked around at the familiar surroundings and thought about the various things that had happened here before, and couldn't help but smile.

"Admiral, would you like some foie gras or seafood stew today?" Missouri, sitting next to Xiaobai, asked, holding the menu.

"casual."

“Missouri understands.” Missouri put down the menu, smiled at the waitress who was taking notes, and said, “One of each of these two dishes, please.”

"Wisconsin, what do you want to eat?" Missouri turned her head again and asked Wisconsin, who was on the other side of Little White.

"casual."

"Oh, then please have a plate of fried rice with less egg and more rice."

"Hey, you ship girl over there, I feel like you're targeting me," Wisconsin said to Missouri, pouting.

“Hahaha…Missouri hasn’t targeted anyone. Wasn’t it Wisconsin who said it was fine?” Missouri said to Wisconsin with a smile.

"..."

Just then, a clattering sound slowly drifted into the restaurant from upstairs. As if she had anticipated this, Xiaobai looked towards the restaurant entrance.

Within seconds, as the footsteps grew louder and closer, accompanied by a startled cry from the cashier who was tidying up the register by the door, a huge sphere dressed in a suit suddenly rushed in from outside the door, bouncing on the floor as it arrived at the table where Xiaobai was.

"Your Excellency—Your Excellency—" The ball came to a sudden stop in front of Xiaobai, revealing its true form.

It was Mr. Tos, who was covered in sweat.

"Mr. Barbatos, it's been a long time." Little White greeted Mr. Barbatos.

Mr. Barbatos, whom we hadn't seen in a long time, had an incredibly rosy complexion, looking like he'd been living quite comfortably. Upon seeing Little White, his usually sharp eyes immediately narrowed into slits with a fawning smile.

"Oh, my dear lady, you are as beautiful as when we first met, even after several months! You are still as pure and flawless as the moon in the sky, as angelic as heaven. Oh, though it may sound like I'm being too flattering, I bet your beauty melts the hearts of any man who sees you, and even a rose covered in morning dew would pale in comparison!"

As Mr. Barbatos spoke, he took off his hat and bowed very respectfully to Little White.