Elder brother's garrison

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"The seniors have been placed in the naval base by the admiral. Glorious Sister only asked the admiral to send them over because she heard that there was an Abyssal Cluster here." The ship girl said to Xiaobai, "If Glorious Sister can lead us to fight well in this battle against the Abyssal Cluster and prove to those seniors that the Abyssal Cluster is nothing special, then maybe they will cheer up."

"I see." Xiaobai nodded, thought for a moment, and then smiled softly. "I understand."

"I understand, that's good." Looking at Xiaobai's nonchalant attitude, the ship girl felt a strange sense of irritation rising within her.

She narrowed her eyes and tried to sense Xiaobai's aura, but no matter how she tried, Xiaobai didn't emit any ship girl aura, as if she were just an ordinary human.

"Sigh... a first-tier ship girl..." the ship girl sighed, "So where do you rookie ship girls get your courage from..."

Just as this ship girl was complaining to Xiaobai, Glorious, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped.

"All personnel on alert!" Glorious swiftly issued the order, and with that clear and melodious female voice, Glorious's ship rigging appeared behind her in a flash.

Upon hearing the glorious command, the ship girls behind her swiftly released their ship equipment, appearing serious and ready to go.

"Don't fight, you'll just hold us back." The ship girl next to Xiaobai also released her ship equipment. She stood in front of Xiaobai and reached out to protect Xiaobai behind her. "Quickly stand behind me. If a fight breaks out, find a safe place to crouch down."

"Ah...surprisingly gentle."

The ship girl blushed at Xiaobai's inappropriate answer, but she didn't have time to refute him.

Just after the ship girls released their ship equipment, a squadron of more than twenty deep-sea amphibious ships, amidst scattered red light, gradually approached from the distant black mist.

Soon, the deep-sea ships gradually spotted the ship girls on Glorious's side. Their originally scattered red light gradually coalesced, and they looked coldly towards Glorious.

"The battle begins!" Glory's cold shout was like a fuse, instantly igniting the flames between the two sides.

The booming sound of cannon fire, like a volcanic eruption, sprayed hot, lava-like water onto the sea.

Chapter 764 This child is stupid.

In this ship girl's view, the new ship girl behind her, who was brought into the team out of good intentions by Koei and the admiral, was not expected to have any combat power.

After all, in between chatting, she had taken the time to appreciate the aura emanating from this ship girl.

This ship girl named Patchina has no aura of strength at all; it's obvious that she's a newbie who just came out of the construction facility and has a training level of 1.

Moreover, even before the Abyssal Fleet appeared, the flagship, Glorious, had already loudly issued an encounter signal, and all the ship girls on this side had summoned their ship equipment and entered combat mode with full concentration. However, even so, the newbie behind him still hadn't released her ship equipment. The Abyssal Fleet was practically riding on her face, yet she was still standing there dumbfounded like a punching bag, completely oblivious to the fact that the battle had begun.

The Glory at the front had already led the artillery ship girls around her to launch the first attack on the Abyssal Fleet that was approaching them. In an instant, bright red flames, accompanied by ear-piercing thunder, shot out from the ship girls' ship equipment.

"Hide in the back!"

The sound of artillery fire signaled the start of the battle. The ship girl quickly shoved the little white dog behind her, pushing it away from her side.

This adorable mascot ship girl is clearly the type who can't keep up with the main force's battle pace. In this ship girl's opinion, it would be meaningless for Shiro to fight alongside them. As a ship girl going into battle for the first time, she must be terrified when she sees this kind of formation. She probably can't even lift the turret steadily, and nine times out of ten she will be heavily damaged by the unknown AOE of the Abyssal Ship before she can release her ship equipment.

Anyway, her mission is just to protect Xiaobai's safety. Rather than letting her cause trouble, it's better to let her run to a safe place and watch her teammates go on a rampage. Afterwards, she might even hear some flattering remarks like "666, wow, eight nines" to cultivate her character. No one would be stupid enough to do something as thankless as dragging a burden into battle to improve her training level.

After pushing Xiaobai behind her, the ship girl never looked in Xiaobai's direction again. She also sped up and ran quickly towards the direction of Glory, soon reuniting with her companions.

After the artillery fire at the front began and the deep-sea ships and ship girls engaged in a passionate back-and-forth battle for a while, Xiaobai stared blankly at the fighting before slowly coming to her senses.

Although the previous assessment of Xiaobai was mostly incorrect, there were still some points that were accurate.

That is, Xiaobai really didn't realize that the battle had started until the ship girl next to her pushed her away. Only then did Xiaobai remember whether she should release her ship equipment or something.

You can't blame Xiaobai for being slow-witted. After all, she had never been a ship girl before, and she had never teamed up with ship girls to go to sea and fight in the deep sea. She used to be a cheerleader for the ship girls on the beach.

Furthermore, due to the existence of the Deep Sea Will, the Deep Sea Abominations would not have attacked Xiaobai proactively. During the time of the generational break, Xiaobai had been wandering on the sea full of Deep Sea Abominations for so long that he had long been accustomed to their presence, which resulted in Xiaobai having no sense of crisis about their appearance.

From the moment the glorious announcement of enemy detection to the moment the ship girls entered battle mode, it only took a few seconds. There's nothing that can be done about Xiaobai's lack of understanding; after all, you can't expect a cheerleader to be particularly sensitive and proficient in intense combat procedures right from the start.

Xiaobai gazed into the distance, where Glorious was leading his ship girls in a fierce battle against the Abyssal Fleet, with crimson cannon fire rising and falling amidst the explosions of the Abyssal Fleet.

Xiaobai was, after all, a nominal member of the team, and she actually wanted to help out. However, as soon as Xiaobai tried to summon her ship equipment, she could feel her hair eagerly trying to grow longer.

Xiao Bai thought that if he really summoned the ship equipment, his hair would definitely be like it had been treated with a super hair growth potion from a certain blue robot tanuki's magic pocket, instantly returning to its original state the moment the ship equipment appeared.

"What a blunder..." Xiaobai quickly suppressed the urge to summon the ship's equipment.

Xiaobai swayed back and forth in the empty sea for a while. Looking at the battlefield with its continuous artillery fire in the distance, a sense of guilt for paddling in the water welled up in Xiaobai's heart.

Xiao Bai felt that standing there like this wasn't a good idea. She, Bai, was the admiral of the world's number one naval base, with a deep-sea dean at home who could probably form a seven-colored basketball team. She was used to chatting and laughing with the will of the deep sea and had the fighting power to tear the deep sea apart. Yet she went to the first node to act as a mere admiral of the third chapter. It was really a bit embarrassing.

So Little White slowly squatted down on the water's surface.

Admiral Luo Yin truly lives up to his reputation as the leader of the first chapter; he is indeed quite capable when it comes to training ship girls.

Under Xiaobai's watchful gaze, Glorious and her companions formed a ship girl squad and kept shuttling around the Abyssal Fleet. With each cannon shot, the Abyssal Fleet's formation weakened and retreated. Soon, with the final cannon shot that could crush a camel, the Abyssal Fleet's fleet collapsed in an instant.

Glorious and her team did not let their guard down. They quickly cleaned up the disintegrating deep-sea amphibious ship, slowly peeling it apart from the outside and gradually eroding it away.

While this level of combat skill is far from comparable to that of a rookie naval commander, it is still much better than the average level across the entire second chapter.

Even according to Xiaobai's observation, Admiral Luo Yin's ship girls did not seem to be much worse than Cleveland from Nia's family in terms of combat ability.

That's a huge improvement!

Xiao Bai looked at the leader, Guangrong, and thought to himself.

The battle ended quickly.

After confirming that the last enemy target had been destroyed by his own shells, Glorious's sharp gaze softened as he surveyed the surrounding sea.

"The battle is over," Glorious said.

Upon hearing the glorious command, the ship girls breathed a sigh of relief and retrieved their ship equipment.

"It's over, it's over. Time to clean up the battlefield." The ship girls rubbed their shoulders as they dispersed onto the sea, which was littered with the wreckage of the deep-sea amphibious ships. They looked like a group of high school girls who had just finished singing at a karaoke bar and were heading home in all directions.

The ship girl who had previously told Xiaobai to find a place to hide did not go with the other ship girls to collect loot. She glanced a few times in the direction where Xiaobai had been, searching for Xiaobai's location.

This ship girl was probably thinking that Little White was probably somewhere trembling with fear because of the Abyssal Fleet, and that during the battle just now, he had gained a general understanding of his own and Glorious's combat capabilities, thus recognizing the gap between himself and the big shots, and was wholeheartedly cheering for himself.

"York." Glorious also found the ship girl at this moment. "Where's Patina?"

As the flagship, Glorious couldn't leave Shiro with her. She had to entrust Shiro to the care of the ship girls at the back of the formation. After the battle, Shiro was the first person Glorious thought of.

“I told her to hide in the back when the battle started,” York replied to Glory while searching the sea. “She should realize by now how terrifying the sea is, maybe she’s scared out of her wits… Ah, found her.”

York pointed in a direction, and there he saw Little White squatting on the water's surface in an inconspicuous spot, staring at him with its eyes open. Little White was not as panicked or frightened as York had guessed; on the contrary, it was quite quiet.

York looked at Little White from afar.

Xiaobai sensed York's gaze and stared back at him for a moment.

—Oh no, the battle is over and he still hasn't come over. This kid is probably scared out of his wits.

York waved in the direction of Little White, and Little White stood up from the sea and ran back to York's side.

"The battle is over, why aren't you coming over yet? Without the Deepsea Abyssal Ship, the safest place is right here with us," York said to Little White.

Xiaobai looked at York somewhat awkwardly, but didn't say anything.

It wasn't that she didn't want to come over, but when she saw the ship girls looting the spoils, and thought about how she would get a fifth of the spoils, Xiaobai felt it would be shameless to go over at this time, so she hesitated to go over.

"How are you feeling?" Glory asked Little White.

"Wow, you guys are amazing!" Little White clapped his hands and said to Glory and York.

York and Glory looked at Little White's innocent appearance and, for some reason, felt that she was just being perfunctory.

"...That's it?" York put his hands on his hips.

Xiaobai froze, looking cautiously at Glory and York, somewhat puzzled.

Oh no, this kid is probably really mentally challenged.

York looked at Little White's innocent appearance and couldn't help but feel a little sorry.

"Little sister, now you know the combat power of the Deepsea Abyss Ship, right?" Glory said to Little White with a smile. "The Deepsea Abyss Ship is very scary. If you were alone, you would have been in grave danger just now."

Xiao Bai slightly bent her clasped hands and gave Glory a faint smile, neither denying nor agreeing.

"If you change your mind, little sister, and want to go back, you can tell me anytime, and we can take you back anytime." Seeing that she had achieved her goal, Glorious reached out and gently patted Little White's head. "It's okay. Whether you change your mind or not, we will give you one-fifth of the spoils today."

"Thank you, Sister Glory," Xiaobai said gratefully. "I want to continue working with you all."

Just kidding, Xiaobai doesn't want to go back now.

Glory was not surprised by Xiaobai's answer. She nodded, withdrew her hand, and headed towards the center of the battlefield.

Chapter 765 Trapped in the Enemy's Arms

"Sister Glory is so kind." York stood next to Little White and pouted as she spoke to her.

"Ah."

"Even a fifth of the spoils is expensive, and sending you back and forth will cost us a lot less in income," York said, calculating.

"Sister Glory has such a kind heart."

"At least praise the admiral."

"Thank you, Admiral Glorious Sister," said Xiaobai.

“…” York sighed. “Thanks is nothing, this is just our admiral giving back to society.”

"Giving back to society?"

"When you're out and about, why not lend a hand if you can? Have you forgotten what I told you about Sister Rong, who was also rescued by someone?"

"..."

“This is called repaying kindness indirectly,” York explained. “When you become successful in the future, you must be a good person.”

"Ah."

"But judging from your appearance, you don't seem like you're going to be very powerful."

"Hehehe." Xiaobai laughed.

Xiaobai didn't mind York's "difficulty," after all, she could tell from their interaction that York was the kind of ship girl who was blunt but actually quite kind and warm-hearted.

She didn't seem to dislike him. When the battle started, she was the first to stand in front of him, risking being separated from him to give him instructions before rushing to the battlefield.

If she really disliked Xiaobai, this burden, she could have simply tossed her aside during the battle and left her to fend for herself in the flames, experiencing the brutality of the Deepsea Abyss Ship.

As for the one-fifth of the spoils... to be honest, given her lackluster performance just now, even Xiaobai herself felt a little embarrassed to take those. Not to mention York, she was already showing great composure by not pointing her finger at Xiaobai and calling her shameless.

Thinking this way, Xiaobai actually found York quite kind and cute, and her scolding of her didn't sound so bad anymore.

"All you do is laugh." York looked at Little White and saw it going in one ear and out the other. After thinking for a long time, he could only throw out a meaningless remark.

Seeing that Xiaobai still didn't react much, York snorted and led Xiaobai toward Glory in the center of the battlefield.

After looting the spoils, the fleet rested for a few minutes, the ship girls chatted and relaxed for a while, before continuing their journey deeper into the node.

As Glorious and her companions advanced, they gradually began to see other ship girls attacking the Abyssal Fleet.

Xiaobai observed the ship girls at the back of the formation for a while and found that most of them were ship girls from the original second chapter admiral.

Because of the presence of other ship girls in these areas, it was mostly the ship girls who sought out and attacked the Abyssal Fleet ships, leaving little time for the Abyssal Fleet ships to roam around. As a result, Glorious and Shiro, who were focused on getting closer to the depths, had an easy and enjoyable time.

As the group ventured deeper into the sea, Xiaobai noticed that the appearances of the ship girls he was conquering on the surface were gradually becoming unfamiliar.

The strength of the deep-sea ships here is already quite high. Ordinary ship girls from the second chapter can't withstand the pressure here. So most of the ships that Xiaobai sees now are ship girls from the admirals from the third chapter and above.

—It has to be said that those missing ship girls really didn't value their own lives enough.

Just as she was thinking this, Xiaobai suddenly felt a little dizzy.

Xiao Bai reached out, frowned, and covered his forehead; the dizziness disappeared.

"What's wrong?" York noticed Little White's condition and asked, "Were you injured earlier?"

"Oh, no, thank you for your concern." Xiaobai shook her head and spread her hands towards York. "If I were injured, I would definitely have a wound."

Xiao Bai was wearing a sailor uniform, and the amount of skin exposed was just right, hitting the line between youthful beauty and shamelessness. She was wildly probing back and forth, and even when Xiao Bai occasionally raised her hand, you could see a section of her soft, snow-white waist peeking out from under the sailor uniform.

These clothes can't really hide wounds.

“Oh, I knew it,” York stammered. “If you still got injured in that situation, you’d be really bad.”

Little White smiled at York.

Silence returned between the two of them.

"...Are you really not hurt?" York asked again in a low voice after a while.

"Not really."

"Oh." York was relieved.

York and Little White were quiet for a little while longer.

"……you……"