Elder brother's garrison

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"Huh? Are we going together?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

“I find Missouri’s offer quite tempting,” Iowa said with a smile. “Admiral, I think our fighting strength is pretty good, isn’t it?”

"Uh……"

Xiaobai glanced at the ship girls around her.

Three fully trained and equipped Iowa-class super ship girls.

A battleship based on blueprints, almost on par with the Iowa-class.

There is also a Yamato-class deep-sea commander whose individual combat power even surpasses that of the previous ones...

Ok.

Iowa is quite right.

Xiaobai hadn't noticed it before.

The combined combat power of the big shots who accompanied Xiaobai on this trip seems more than enough to flatten a relatively small-scale deep-sea disaster zone...

"Regarding combat strength... well, that's definitely not a problem for now."

As Xiaobai finished speaking, her gaze swept over the ship girls, "But this expedition with me involved unexpected overtime work, which took up your time, so wouldn't that be..."

“Missouri is a ship girl, and it’s in her nature to share the burdens of the admiral.” Missouri gently patted her chest. “Please don’t feel guilty, admiral. Just give Missouri your orders.”

"I want to go too." Upon hearing Missouri's declaration, Hindenburg also raised his hand immediately, looking at Little White with wide eyes, "Admiral, take me with you."

"I was the first! I was the first!" Wisconsin hurriedly raised his hands, hastily stating his position.

“I just stated my position,” Iowa said with a smile to Shiro. “Admiral, please take me with you.”

“This time we’re going to a seaside village. Even our garrison doesn’t own any property there, so the living conditions might not be very good, like there might not be a bathtub or anything like that…” Xiaobai said to Iowa.

"Admiral, please don't misunderstand. Although I enjoy a high quality of life, it doesn't mean I can't endure hardship." Iowa smiled at Little White. "If the situation becomes unavoidable, Iowa is perfectly fine even if it means eating grass roots and tree bark."

"Wow!" Xiaobai was moved.

"Then...and what about you, Yamato-neechan..."

"Although I don't mind, are you sure you want to take me, Shiro? I'm... you know." Yamato Fukami rested her chin on her hand, glanced at the dazzled viewer, and then stuck her tongue out at Shiro.

"It's okay, I believe in Yamato-neechan!" Shiro took Yamato's hand in his, stared at the ring on Yamato's hand, and nodded heavily to Yamato.

“…Oh…Oh, I see…Well, I’ll go too…”

Looking at Shiro's determined eyes, Yamato blushed, then subconsciously withdrew her hand, her gaze drifting, and she actually started to act coy.

"It seems that it has been approved by everyone."

Missouri smiled and said to Little White.

"Okay." Xiaobai glanced down at the train ticket in his hand. "Then I'll leave the rest of the expedition to you. Since we're all in the city right now, let's just set off."

"As ordered!"

The ship girls couldn't stop smiling as they looked at Shiro's face.

It was somewhat frustrating that the plan to go shopping with the admiral had fallen through.

But in essence...

This time, the plan has simply changed from shopping with the admiral to going on a campaign with him.

For the ship girls present, neither shopping nor buying panties was actually very important. What mattered was simply being with the admiral.

As long as I can be all lovey-dovey with the Admiral.

That's enough.

Anyway, since going shopping has been replaced by going on expeditions, I've actually had more time to spend with the admiral.

Earn blood.

Since the plan has been finalized on short notice, let's take a spontaneous trip.

After a brief discussion about their departure, Xiao Bai and his group immediately left the family restaurant with Jing Hua and rushed into the train station in Qingke City.

Xiaobai called Lexington at the naval base and told him about the things that had happened in Barley City.

Lexington was initially stunned for a long time before she realized what had happened when the little white girl and the ship girls bumped into the client while strolling around the city and then went on a business trip elsewhere.

But I was surprised nonetheless.

With so many reliable ship girls watching over Xiaobai, Lexington wasn't worried at all. Although she had a slight resentment towards Xiaobai for going on business trips at the drop of a hat, Lexington could only helplessly say something to Xiaobai in the end.

Have a safe journey and return home soon.

Chapter 1296 The Big Sister with the Umbrella

Jinghua's hometown is quite a distance from Qingke City, the newbie town's capital; it takes two days and one night by train.

The tourism industry in Qingke City is quite bleak. The good thing is that you don't have to queue to buy train tickets. It wasn't until Xiaobai bought the train ticket at the train station that he realized that the train ticket to Jinghua's hometown was also one of the trains he had taken before.

Jinghua didn't look like someone who was rich at all, so Xiaobai didn't bother to ask her and just bought her a sleeper train ticket.

On the train, because there were many people, Xiaobai did not rent a private room, but used the sleeper car as usual.

Although they were using a train carriage, there weren't many tourists in Qingke City, so for the time being, only Xiaobai and his group were on the carriage.

Xiao Bai sat on her bed, holding Jing Hua's train ticket to Qingke City, lost in thought.

Xiaobai didn't realize it until he boarded the train.

Two days and one night's train ticket.

Jinghua bought a standing ticket for her train journey from her hometown to Qingke City.

Xiao Bai put down the train ticket in his hand.

Jinghua sat on the berth opposite Xiaobai, staring at Xiaobai somewhat nervously.

"Jinghua, did you buy a standing ticket when you came here before?" Xiaobai asked Jinghua.

"Mm." Jinghua nodded.

"...Why didn't you buy a sleeper ticket?"

"Well, because standing tickets are cheaper..." Jinghua muttered softly.

"……"noob.

startled.

Oh my god.

Who would choose a standing ticket over a sleeper ticket just because it's cheaper? That would be too much of a hardship.

This rich woman must have saved up all her money in her past life...

Xiao Bai sighed, a lump in his throat, and after a long while, he finally swallowed it down.

"You... should get some rest," Xiaobai said to Jinghua.

Jinghua, sitting on the sleeper berth, nodded. She looked around blankly, then silently pulled her feet back onto the bed and continued to look at Xiaobai with her eyes open.

"Jinghua, is something the matter?" Xiaobai asked Jinghua.

“…Thank you,” Jinghua said softly. “Sister, you…are such a kind person.”

"I don't think I did anything wrong..."

"You treated me to a meal, bought me a train ticket, and let me lie on this soft bed... Thank you." Jinghua lay on the bed, gently rubbing the soft mattress with her little hands as she spoke to Xiaobai.

"Since you've already spent so much money to entrust me with this task, this little service is just what I should do," Xiaobai said to Jinghua.

"I heard... that commissioning powerful ship girls is very expensive."

"It's not cheap, but you still have enough money to entrust us with this task," Xiaobai said to Jinghua.

"...Is there a lot of money in there?" Touching the mirror pattern on the bed, she looked at Xiaobai with a curious expression.

"Don't you know how much money is inside?"

"I haven't seen it."

"This card shows your name, so where did this card come from?"

“That bank card was given to me by my teacher,” Jinghua said cautiously to Xiaobai. “My teacher said there should be a lot of money in it… probably.”

"...Oh." Xiaobai suddenly became even more curious about Jinghua's teacher.

Seeing Xiaobai looking thoughtful, Jinghua picked up the pillow on the bed and blinked.

"Um... how much money is in your card?"

"...So how many do you think there should be?"

"Ten...ten thousand yuan?" Jinghua asked cautiously, clutching her pillow.

"Much more than that."

"Ah...that's good, that's good." Jinghua breathed a sigh of relief, gave Xiaobai an innocent smile, then grabbed the blanket, crawled into bed, and only her little head was sticking out.

"This isn't good news for you, is it? The more money here, the more you're losing," Xiaobai said to Jinghua.

"No." Jinghua shook her head and chuckled at Xiaobai. "My teacher said that when you hire someone to work, you get paid for what you do. As long as there's enough money in that card, your ship girls will definitely protect us well."

Done.

Jinghua said goodnight to Xiaobai and then pulled the blanket over her head.

Within seconds, Jinghua's breathing became steady.

"……"noob.

This child's mind is so simple.

Xiao Bai took Jing Hua's bank card out of his pocket.

He lowered his head in deep thought.

Xiao Bai suddenly realized that he quite liked Jing Hua.

Jinghua was still a child even more naive than Xiaobai, so it was no use asking her about her hometown. Xiaobai simply told Jinghua to rest well for the next few days and didn't ask her about her hometown anymore.

As the train gradually departed from Qingke City, more and more people came and went in the carriages.

On the train, Missouri would bring boxed meals at mealtimes, and during afternoon tea, she would also cut up fruit platters and bring them over for Jinghua and Xiaobai to enjoy. Although the train was a bit bumpy, it was at least quite comfortable.

There's just one thing.

Because Jinghua's bed is right across from hers, Missouri can no longer raid Xiaobai's nighttime life like before, thus relieving Xiaobai's stress.

It's a real shame.

It was the afternoon of the second day.

When the number of people in the carriage finally began to feel a little crowded, the train finally stopped at a station in a rather obscure small city.

This small city station is so obscure that even the routine city introduction at the train station only mentions it briefly as a "happy town with simple and honest folk customs."

This is Jinghua's hometown.

After everyone packed their things, they got off the train at the train station.

The train station in this small city is similar to, or even worse than, that in Qingke City. Although Qingke City is deserted, at least the train station is nicely decorated. But this city's train station is not only deserted, but its entire decor exudes the rich, aged aroma of a vintage wine.

"I'm home!" Jinghua took a deep breath and smiled at Xiaobai after getting off the train.

"Jinghua, it seems your hometown isn't as small as you described," Xiaobai said to Jinghua, looking around at the train station.

"Ah, my home isn't here. After leaving the train station, you have to walk a bit towards the sea to get there!" Jinghua said to Xiaobai.

"Oh, I see." Xiaobai indicated that he understood.

Led by Jinghua, Xiaobai and the ship girls walked out of the deserted, dilapidated train station.

The area outside the train station wasn't the bustling traffic Xiaobai had imagined, but rather a rural road that had hardly been repaired.

Jinghua led Xiaobai toward one end of the road. They walked for a long, long time, until the sun was almost setting below the horizon. Finally, in the wind that was beginning to smell of the sea, they saw a shimmering sea and a small, fairly modern village on the other side of the horizon.

"That's my home!" Jinghua exclaimed excitedly to Xiaobai as she saw the village on the horizon.

Xiao Bai nodded and gazed at the distant sea for a while.

The admiral's network then subtly dispersed, allowing him to sense the aura emanating from the sea.