Elder brother's garrison

“…I’m not a child.” Tirpitz muttered, then held out his hand to Little White. “Here you go.”

"?" Xiaobai didn't understand.

"Give me the key."

"Oh, oh, oh..." Little White quickly took out the house key from his pocket and handed it to Tirpitz.

"I'm going home now." Tirpitz tossed his keys and looked at Super Yamato. "...Would you like to come back with me?"

"Mm." Chao Dahe nodded.

"Then we'll take our leave." Tirpitz stretched, waved to White and Lexington, and left with Super Yamato, disappearing into the long night.

Xiaobai and Lexington watched Tirpitz's figure gradually disappear into the darkness, then exchanged a glance.

"If Hood, Akagi, and Bismarck knew that I made you work overtime with me late at night, they would be so angry that they would come all the way back from Chapter 8 to settle the score with me," Lexington said with a smile.

"Ha...ha...it's okay, it was my own idea." Xiaobai smiled. "Besides...it's a happy thing to be able to work overtime with you, Lexington."

"Little Bai, you're getting sweeter and sweeter." Lexington gently tapped Little Bai's forehead and gave her a doting smile. "Even if it's you, don't think you can win me over with just a few smooth words."

"puff……"

Little White and Lexington returned to the admiral's office, chatting and laughing.

When Xiaobai and Lexington returned, the lights were still on in the admiral's office.

Renown, holding a broom, was sweeping the carpet in the center of the admiral's office with a haphazard motion. Hearing White and Lexington enter, Renown looked up in surprise at the two who had entered.

"Master?" Reputation was surprised for a moment, then put down the broom, stepped forward and bowed to Little White, "...You're back."

"Reputation, we're back." Lexington smiled slightly at Reputation.

"...Didn't Mrs. Lexington go to Chapter Eight? Why is she back tonight?" Reputation stood up and looked at Little White and Lexington.

“I don’t stay in Chapter 8 all the time, do I? I have to come back every morning to deal with documents… Besides, the living conditions in Chapter 8 are pretty basic. Compared to sleeping in the open and not having enough to eat, I prefer my bed at home and the food you cook, Reputation.” Lexington said to Reputation with a smile, his hands behind his back.

"...And the truth?" Reputation remained unmoved by Lexington's sweet words. She looked at Lexington quietly and asked.

"...If someone in the office is too lonely, then I should come back and keep them company, right?"

"...Lies is too overthinking."

"I suppose I'm overthinking it." Lexington smiled slightly, glancing at the pile of documents on the admiral's desk. "Reputation, could you help me categorize these documents? I need to get Xiaobai and me done with them quickly."

"It's already categorized. Ocean detection items are on the left, missions and bounties are on the right, social correspondence is in the middle, and other files are on your desk."

"As expected of you."

"Mrs. Lie, you flatter me... Reputation is not good at handling documents. Doing some basic classification is the most I can do to help. Rather, if possible, Reputation will go and make some refreshing tea for the master and Mrs. Lie."

"my pleasure."

……

The night is getting darker.

Lexington's earlier statement that there weren't many files left to process was clearly a lie to fool novices.

Actually.

When Xiaobai entered the office, she realized that the amount of documents piled up on her desk was far beyond what could be "quickly finished." If she hadn't impulsively followed along, given the processing efficiency of Lexington, which Xiaobai knew well, she probably would have had to work through the night until the next morning to barely finish them.

Fortunately, Xiaobai followed.

With the help of the reputation, Xiaobai and Lexington processed the documents for about half an hour, finally finishing the remaining documents that had accumulated for the day.

"it's over……"

After writing the last word on the document, Lexington stretched lazily, then lay back in the soft chair, picked up his teacup, took a few small sips, and revealed a contented expression.

"I've finished dealing with this too," Xiaobai said, putting down his pen and smiling at Lexington.

"Thank goodness you were here today, Xiaobai." Lexington turned around and smiled at Xiaobai. "Thanks to you, I can finally get a good night's sleep."

“Lexington, you need to get some rest… Hmm, speaking of which… I’ll be coming tomorrow night too.” Xiaobai said to Lexington, capping his pen and placing it on the table. “After all, the reason I sent you to Chapter Eight this time was to let you relax and travel with us. If time management issues end up increasing your workload, then that would go against my original intention.”

"...Being able to leave the naval base without worry and freely explore the seas outside is already very satisfying for me," Lexington said to Little White after a moment of silence.

“…You’ll see more in the future.” Xiaobai stood up and smiled apologetically at Lexington. “Um…Tirpitz and the others are still waiting for me at home. Now that my work here is finished, I’ll head back…See you tomorrow morning!”

“…Okay, see you tomorrow.” Lexington nodded.

Xiao Bai turned around and jogged away from the admiral's office.

Lexington looked at the office door with a smile, her fingers gently stroking the rim of her teacup.

Lexington looked up at the stars outside the window.

The starlight shone brightly, reflecting on Lexington's flawless face.

Lexington wore a satisfied smile.

"...This little white..."

"When...did I become so reliable...?"

-

Little White rushed back to Bismarck's house.

The Bismarck family's door was open and unlocked, presumably because Tirpitz was leaving the door open for himself since he didn't have the key.

"Tirpitz, Super Yamato, I'm back!" Shiro opened the door and walked into the house, calling out towards the living room.

The living room lights were on, and electronic music could be faintly heard, but no one answered.

Xiao Bai blinked, took off her shoes, and walked into the living room.

The TV in the living room was on, displaying the interface of a well-known competitive video game that Tirpitz used to enjoy playing. Several power banks with lights on were plugged into the power strip next to the TV, and the old handheld game console was lying to one side, its screen flashing a light indicating that it was charging.

but.

Tirpitz was nowhere to be seen in the living room.

Xiaobai curiously searched the living room and found Chaoda sleeping soundly on the sofa.

Using teleportation abilities requires a significant amount of stamina. There are many ways to replenish stamina, such as eating or resting, but these ordinary methods are much less efficient than sleeping.

"...Sleeping so soundly..." Xiaobai walked over to Super Yamato, reached out and tapped Super Yamato's nose, smiling and whispering to the sleeping Super Yamato, "Hmm...Thanks for the teleportation today..."

"..." Super Yamato.

"But... where did Tirpitz go..." Xiaobai stood up, scratching the back of his head curiously. "Didn't she say she was going home to play games...? Why has she disappeared now..."

Xiao Bai got up and walked out of the living room, searching around in the hallway.

quickly.

Xiao Bai noticed that the bathroom light was on, the door was slightly ajar, and there seemed to be some figures moving around inside.

"Huh?" Little White subconsciously stepped forward, holding the open door and looking inside. "Tirpitz, you're in there... uh??!"

Xiao Bai stared wide-eyed in surprise.

"Well?"

Behind the bathroom door, Tirpitz, completely naked except for a layer of white soap, was kneeling on the floor with her buttocks sticking out. She held a pink bar of soap in one hand, calmly looking back at the door and meeting Little White's gaze.

Chapter 1924 Are we short of people?

Xiaobai and Tirpitz, kneeling on the bathroom floor, stared at each other blankly.

An awkward silence fell over the room.

Tirpitz was soaking wet, her pink hair clinging to her fair, rosy face. Large drops of water slid down her body, which was covered in white bath soap foam, barely concealing some private parts. However, it still vaguely revealed the mature and beautiful curves of Tirpitz's figure to Xiaobai's view. Perhaps because Bismarck had taught her about water conservation, Tirpitz had turned off the shower while applying the bath soap, so there hadn't been any running water from the bathroom. When Xiaobai approached and saw the bathroom door wide open, he subconsciously assumed Tirpitz was washing her hands or face. He never expected to see such a shocking scene upon entering.

"Ah...uh..." Little White stared blankly at Tirpitz in the bathroom, stammering for a moment, unable to speak, "Tirpitz...you..."

Tirpitz, on the other hand, was much calmer.

Tirpitz remained facing Little White, and just as Little White was stammering, the soap in Tirpitz's hand suddenly popped out and fell onto the floor tiles with a splat.

Tirpitz withdrew her gaze from Little White, bent down to pick up the soap from the ground, and then tossed it in her palm.

"Want to come along?" Tirpitz tossed the soap in his hand and invited Little White with a matter-of-fact calm expression.

"Uh... I... I don't need it..."

"Oh, that's a pity. It's quite tiring to scrub my own back," Tirpitz sighed, muttering to himself.

Tirpitz's face didn't show any of the shame, indignation, or even attempts to seduce the protagonist in a harem manga who is seen naked by a lucky pervert. She seemed much calmer, and even after Shiro politely declined her invitation, Tirpitz showed a regretful expression as if saying, "What am I going to do if no one's going to scrub my back?"

What does it mean to be calm?

That's called composure.

Tirpitz's calm demeanor even spread to Xiaobai within seconds, making Xiaobai suddenly think, "Since Tirpitz is so unpretentious, why am I standing here feeling awkward all by myself?"

"..."

Thinking of this, Xiaobai let out a helpless sigh.

Xiao Bai gave a wry smile, then looked up at Tirpitz, who was sitting on the floor tiles, staring intently at the soap in his hand, seriously considering how to scrub his back later.

Tirpitz.

"Ok?"

"Um... although I don't need to take a bath... but if you don't mind, I can come in and scrub your back or something." Xiaobai asked Tirpitz cautiously, "...How about it?"

"That's great, I don't need to scrub your back anymore." Tirpitz nodded seriously and gave Little White a thumbs up. "Come in."

"……"noob.

Xiaobai went into the bathroom, and Tirpitz got up from the floor tiles and sat on the stool next to him. Xiaobai took the bath towel that Tirpitz handed him, skillfully rolled up his sleeves, grabbed the shower head placed next to him with one hand, and turned it on.

"Wow————"

Warm water gushed from the showerhead. Xiaobai aimed the nozzle at Tirpitz's back, and the warm water washed away the foam on Tirpitz's back, revealing Tirpitz's snow-white, translucent, and rosy back.

Tirpitz's lifestyle is anything but healthy. She spends her days eating potato chips, reading comics, and drinking sugary drinks, holed up in the living room playing video games. Her basic physical activity level is even lower than that of a toddler who has just learned to walk. If she were a normal human, with this ultimate, carefree, homebody lifestyle, Tirpitz would eventually turn herself into a chubby little tank. But the infuriating thing is that Tirpitz isn't human; she's a ship girl. Her ship equipment not only protects her body from the harmful effects of her unhealthy habits, but even in her high-calorie, low-exercise daily life, the power of her ship equipment perfectly helps her maintain her figure and beautiful curves.

As for where all the high-calorie foods Tirpitz usually eats go...

Xiaobai stood behind Tirpitz, silently watching the two snow-white spheres that were clearly visible from both sides, even from behind.

Xiaobai sighed and lowered her head, indicating that she didn't want to think about this problem for the time being.

Picking up a bath towel and soap, Xiaobai rubbed himself on the bath towel and then pressed it onto Tirpitz's back.

brush brush --

The bath towel rubbed a layer of snow-white foam onto Tirpitz's back.

"Tirpitz, is this pressure okay?" Xiaobai asked Tirpitz, who was sitting on the bench, while gently rubbing.

"Yes, the pressure is just right."

"You prefer something lighter?"

“Yeah, it’s all just a formality anyway.” Tirpitz said, yawning. “The ship girls’ bodies don’t get dirty. Even if they do, a quick rinse with water will clean them up. So, back scrubbing is just a normal ritual for us. But my sister never cares about that. Every time she scrubs my back, she scrubs so hard she feels like she’s going to rub my skin off… Why don’t you talk to her about this when you get back, Shiro?”

"Huh? Is Bismarck really that strong? She was so gentle when she rubbed my back."

"..."

"Tirpitz?"

"Hmm... It's alright, never mind." Tirpitz sighed softly, resting her chin on her hand. "Maybe... I'm not her biological sister."

"Speaking of which, Tirpitz, why did you suddenly decide you wanted to take a bath?" Little White rubbed Tirpitz's back and smiled slightly. "I remember you didn't bathe this often when you were at home..."

“Even I, after not showering for more than half a month, can’t help but come over and take a shower when I go home,” Tirpitz replied. “Not being afraid of getting dirty is one thing, but whether it’s comfortable is another.”

"Oh……"

"Do you think I'm the kind of person who's so lazy that I don't even take a shower?"

"almost."

"...I'll still wash it." Tirpitz muttered softly, glancing to the side.

Xiao Bai smiled slightly.

After rinsing off the white foam from Tirpitz's back again, Xiaobai put the bath towel aside.

"Tirpitz, your back is all rubbed now."