Elder brother's garrison

"Well, in short, I basically understand what's going on with you. Thank you for your help, Commander Huai Ren." Xiao Bai bowed slightly to Commander Huai Ren.

"It's alright, it's alright... but if possible, I still hope that you, Admiral, can keep this a secret as well..." Commander Huai Ren swallowed hard.

"Keep it a secret...? Okay, I understand." Xiaobai nodded and smiled at Commander Huai Ren. "I won't tell anyone else."

"...Thank you so much!" Commander Huai Ren looked at the unexpectedly easy-going Xiao Bai, and a relieved smile appeared on his face after a tense day.

Commander Huai Ren felt a sense of relief, as if a huge weight had been lifted from his shoulders.

After all, as long as Xiaobai doesn't tell anyone about this, everyone knows, and the admiral who made the deal with him naturally won't retaliate.

It would be a good thing to avoid offending even one admiral!

Commander Huai Ren felt incredibly relieved.

"After all, Commander Huai Ren, you've had a tough time too, I understand you all."

"Thank you, thank you so much!"

"However, in return, could you do me a small favor?"

Little White smiled and pointed at himself.

"What can I do for you? Please tell me!"

Commander Huai Ren was in a good mood, and even his speech became much more bold.

"I also want to buy information. Could you please help me contact that admiral?"

Xiao Bai said with a gentle smile.

"..."

Commander Huai Ren.

It was as if I could hear my own heart stopping.

The backend was overwhelmed for over two hours today... so the publication time was delayed. Sorry.

Chapter 1323 This is the smell of lies

The fierce battle on the sea finally ceased just before the sun, teetering on its cusp, was about to sink below the horizon.

Dusk has arrived.

The reddish glow of the sunset illuminated the entire sea, turning it a brilliant golden color.

The sea, which had been turbulent all day, finally calmed down.

On the other side of the sea, Missouri, supporting Hindenburg who was lying unconscious on top of her, slowly made their way back to shore.

There were quite a few people on the shore.

But they are mostly ship girls.

Missouri and Hindenburg were, after all, two battleship ship girls, and the aftershocks of their battle were truly terrifying for ordinary humans. Because of this, even though the two fought on the sea for an entire day, the ordinary villagers dared not leave their homes to watch their battle from the beach.

"Sister Iowa, Missouri is back. I'm so sorry, the exercise with Senior Hindenburg took a little longer than expected."

Missouri helped Hindenburg ashore. She glanced around at the ship girls on the shore before walking over to Iowa, who was waiting there.

"It's really lively on the shore..."

"While you were fighting Hindenburg, the leader of that mercenary group arrived with his ship girl sisters to join him and reached an agreement with the admiral."

"Reaching a consensus?"

"It means surrender."

"I see."

Iowa smiled at Missouri and extended her hands to her. "Missouri, you two are done fighting, right? I'll take care of Hindenburg."

"Thank you, Sister Iowa."

Missouri carried the exhausted and delirious Hindenburg to Iowa.

"Judging from this situation... is this a victory for Missouri?"

"It was just luck. Senior Hindenburg is really strong. Her positioning and artillery skills are excellent. If it weren't for Missouri's bit of luck, the outcome of today's battle would have been very uncertain."

“…A bit of luck, huh?” Iowa looked at Missouri’s calm face, glanced at the steady, even breathing on Missouri’s chest, then looked down at Hindenburg, who had fallen into a deep, exhausted sleep in his arms, and couldn’t help but smirk. “…Alright.”

Iowa certainly wouldn't dwell on whether Missouri's victory was just a bit of luck.

A smart woman wouldn't care about such a small problem.

"By the way, Sister Iowa, how did the Admiral's conversation with that regimental commander go?"

Missouri, with his hands behind his back, bent down and looked at Hindenburg, who was resting with his eyes closed, then turned to Iowa and asked.

"As for the result... the admiral is right there, go ask him yourself."

Iowa pointed in a direction where the ship girls were crowding around.

Missouri understood.

Missouri nodded and took a few steps in the direction Iowa pointed.

“Ah, but before we go, Missouri, wait a minute,” Iowa called out to Missouri.

"Hmm?" Missouri turned around.

Missouri's answer was a black shirt fluttering in mid-air.

Iowa threw a black shirt into Missouri's arms.

"You don't want anyone other than the Admiral to see your swimsuit, do you?"

Iowa smiled at Missouri.

"...Thank you very much, Sister Iowa."

Missouri picked up the shirt in her arms, took a few deep breaths over it, and gave Iowa a bright smile.

After putting on Iowa's shirt, Missouri tidied her long hair, which was wet from the seawater, and walked in the direction Iowa pointed.

There were many ship girls on the beach, but those who saw Missouri made way for her quite consciously.

The ship girls stood beside the cleared path, none of them speaking, but all watching Missouri with longing and respect in their eyes.

Want to know.

These ship girls are mercenary group ship girls who witnessed the battle between Missouri and Hindenburg and deeply understood the principle that Missouri = the boss.

Missouri found Little White on the edge of the beach, a little closer to the village.

Xiao Bai and a young man with an expression that looked as if he had been hollowed out were sitting face to face on two small stools not far apart.

Xiao Bai looked refreshed and energetic.

But the man opposite Xiaobai looked much worse.

The man stared at Xiaobai in shock, his eyes vacant, his body swaying and floating as if he might fall off the stool at any moment.

Missouri's gaze swept over the man and finally landed on Little White.

"Admiral." Missouri walked up to Little White. "What are you doing here?"

"Ah, it's Missouri." Xiaobai turned around and looked at Missouri behind her. She smiled at Missouri and said, "The artillery fire has stopped. So, your exercise with Hindenburg is over, right?"

“Hmm.” Missouri nodded with a smile. “The next problem is to come up with a just-right way to ask Hindenburg to do his job.”

"As expected, Missouri, you won."

A knowing smile spread across Xiaobai's face.

“It was just a bit of luck,” Missouri said, walking over to Little White. “Speaking of which, Admiral, could this man in front of us be…”

"He is the Commander Huai Ren I told you about."

“Ah…as expected of the veterans of the mercenary group.” Missouri nodded. “Then may I ask, is this captain’s current condition also due to the Admiral?”

"Uh... I'm not really sure either." Xiaobai looked troubled. She beckoned to Missouri with her finger, "Missouri, Missouri, just come over here for now."

Missouri blinked, then bent down and squatted down next to Little White.

Little White whispered in Missouri's ear, telling her about his conversation with Commander Huai Ren.

Half a minute passed.

"In short, that's roughly how things went." Xiaobai recounted the conversation and withdrew her hand.

“…Ah.” Missouri paused slightly, then nodded thoughtfully. “…I didn’t expect this matter to be related to a regular admiral.”

“That’s exactly what I mean,” Xiaobai nodded angrily, “It’s too much.”

Missouri smiled at Little White.

"So, this commander's current state of dementia is also because of your request, Admiral?"

"...Maybe?" Xiaobai rubbed his chin, looking at Missouri with a puzzled expression. "Uh...but is my request too much...?"

"Well... Missouri thinks... it should be alright. In any case, Missouri will give the Admiral her full support." Missouri smiled at Xiaobai.

From the perspective of Commander Huai Ren.

Xiao Bai's request was, of course, extremely unreasonable.

After all, Commander Huai Ren didn't know Xiao Bai's strength. He was just an ordinary mercenary group leader who was struggling to survive between the admiral and the masses. This time, he had a change of heart and was also forced by Xiao Bai's coercion to tell Xiao Bai the truth. This was already quite a difficult situation.

According to Commander Huai Ren's thinking, Xiao Bai was probably just curious about the source of his information and asked him out of sheer curiosity. Now that he had told her, she and he would keep the secret, and the mysterious admiral would not know that he had leaked the information. In this way, everyone would never have anything to do with each other again, and life could return to its original peace.

But never expected.

Not only was Xiao Bai not satisfied with this, he even made a request, wanting Commander Huai Ren to help him contact that admiral.

It's all for buying Deep Sea Information!

What's going on?

So you mean you can't make ends meet anymore?

Commander Huai Ren's heart was instantly filled with an intense will to survive.

A strong sense of bewilderment overwhelmed his intelligence, to the point that Commander Huai Ren's brain simply shut down, and he stood there frozen, unresponsive for a long time.

Until now.

"Commander Huai Ren, Commander Huai Ren, you've been thinking about this for a long time... Is it going to work or not?" After Xiao Bai returned to his side in Missouri, he waved his hand in front of Commander Huai Ren's eyes with a curious look on his face.

"...Ah." Commander Huai Ren hissed as he gasped for breath, straightening his body and wiping the sweat beading on his forehead. "Ah...I, I..."

"Commander Huai Ren? What's wrong? You don't look well. Would you like some hot water?"

"Uh, I'm fine, I'm fine." Commander Huai Ren swallowed hard. He looked up and glanced cautiously at Xiao Bai and Missouri beside her. "...Miss Admiral."

"I'm here."

"You...you really want to contact that admiral?"

"Yes, we need to get in touch." Xiaobai's expression was calm, but her tone was surprisingly firm.

"...Me." Commander Huai Ren looked utterly exhausted, regretful, and on the verge of tears. "Can I ask...why?"

"I also want to know about deep-sea news, since it's profitable."

"...Is it true?"

"If Commander Huai Ren understands it this way, he'll feel better, won't he?" Xiao Bai revealed a pure, angelic smile.

"..." Commander Huai Ren was speechless.

Although the admiral's understanding touched Commander Huai Ren deeply.

but.

I have a feeling that if this old lady were to get in touch with that admiral...

It seems like they're definitely not going to do anything good next.

Who knows, the consequences might get even worse...

After a while.

After pondering for a while, Commander Huai Ren raised his head, made up his mind, stared at Xiao Bai's face, and shook his head with a very sincere look.

“Miss Admiral, I really want to help you, but as you know, I'm just an ordinary mercenary group leader. I really don't have the means to contact that admiral, so I'm sorry, I really can't help you with this…”