Elder brother's garrison

"Oh... I see..."

"That super-sized Yamato, I've put it on you."

"Good... good!"

There was a hint of panic, shyness, and flattery in Chao Dahe's voice, as if he was reacting very strongly to the jewelry that Xiao Bai had taken out.

The sound reached Pachina's ears as he lay on the floor.

Pachina, who was lying on the ground doing nothing, raised an eyebrow.

Pachina looked up and found that her view was completely blocked by the back of Akami Yamato. So she shifted her body slightly and peeked out from behind Akami Yamato, continuing to look in the direction of Shiro.

then.

A glint of silver light caught pachina's eye.

Pachina subconsciously narrowed his eyes.

Once the view cleared, Pachina discovered the classic scene of Shiro holding a glittering silver ring, supporting Daiwa's palm with one hand, and trying to slip it onto Daiwa's ring finger, whose face was flushed.

This ring.

It's actually quite similar in style to the one that Deep Sea Yamato has!

“…!!!” Pachina’s eyes widened. “Another ring?!”

"Because Akashi only has this kind of jewelry left in her inventory... Although I actually wanted Akashi to make some bracelets or something... I hope you guys won't mind, Chaoda?" Xiaobai explained gently to Pachina after hearing Pachina's surprised voice, and then asked Chaoda.

Chao Da blushed, covered her mouth with her other hand, and shook her head shyly to indicate that it was no problem.

"That's good." Xiaobai smiled slightly. "I'm going to put it on now."

"Okay, okay..." Chao Dahe took a deep breath and stared intently at the ring on Xiao Bai's hand, his expression as if he were looking at the most important thing in his life.

Pachina stared blankly as Xiaobai slowly slipped the ring onto Chaodaihe's finger, then collapsed weakly back onto the floor with a thud.

As the high-end version of the ring was put back on Super Yamato's hand, the deep-sea aura emanating from Super Yamato's body ceased and disappeared.

Yamato stood up and opened the living room window to let in fresh air. Without its source, the deep-sea scent quickly dissipated into the air and disappeared.

"Phew... While a deep-sea spa treatment is nice once in a while, I definitely prefer fresh air." Deep Sea Yamato sighed, looking out at the bright scenery. She turned to Pachina, "Pachina, don't you also feel... Waaah?? What's with that expression??"

In Yamato's eyes, Pachina lay motionless on the ground, her eyes vacant and her expression lost. She muttered softly, and thick black mist swirled around her body.

The black mist emanating from Pahcina was not a deep-sea aura, but simply negative energy visible to the naked eye.

"I was here first...whether it was throwing myself at you or handing over deep-sea metals...why..." pachina muttered to herself.

"...Pachina?" Yamato Shinkai cautiously approached Pachina. "What...what's wrong?"

“Jealousy and resentment are burning in my heart… Get away from me before I turn into an unreasonable woman, let me calm down for a while.” Pachina lay on the floor, staring blankly at the large ring on her hand, and said emotionlessly.

Just as Chao Dahe received her new ring, before the joy could even rise in her heart, she was made shivering by Pachina's gaze. She was so frightened that she didn't dare to look at Pahcina, and unconsciously put her ring-wearing hand between her legs, becoming restless.

"Uh... what a weirdo..."

Yamato looked at Pachina, who looked completely lost, with a strange expression.

Since Pachina said she wanted to calm down for a while, there was no reason for Deepsea Yamato to continue bothering her.

After scratching his head, Deepsea Yamato sat back down next to Shiro: "Shiro, speaking of which, what were you and Mega Yamato doing on the surface last night? Why didn't you call us? You even broke Mega Yamato's deep-sea aura shielding device?"

"Ah... about this... I haven't explained it to you yet, Yamato-neechan." After listening to Yamato's words, Shiro sighed and then explained to Yamato, "Actually, last night, Super Yamato and I didn't have a moment's rest... In order to find the Deep Sea Zuikaku, we went straight into the depths of the eighth chapter's sea area, and we even fought with another very strange Deep Sea Dean."

"What? There's a second Deep Sea Dean in Chapter Eight?"

"Haha... there are more than two..." Xiaobai said with a meaningful self-deprecating smile.

"...What do you mean by 'strange'?" Yamato looked at Shiro with a puzzled expression, and then asked.

"Strange... Of course, part of it refers to the strange personality of that Abyssal Dean, but another part refers to her extremely strange combat power." Shiro said to Abyssal Yamato, "In the battle with her, I found that most of the attributes of that Abyssal Dean are actually quite normal, but her defense is the only one that is astonishingly high. It is so high that even the main cannon fire of the super Yamato level is like a tickle to her."

"Incredible! It's okay for tickling, but is there anyone else in the world besides you, Shiro, with armor of this level?" Yamato Akami looked at Shiro in astonishment.

"Yeah... I'm pretty puzzled too..."

"What's her name? Judging by how resistant she is to weeds, is she a battleship?"

“She’s also a Lugi, um… let’s say her name is Savoy,” Little White answered earnestly.

“Savoy… um… I don’t think I’ve heard that name before…” Yamato Fukami crossed his arms, frowned, and thought for a moment before shaking his head from side to side. “Is he a newcomer?”

"After all, she's the Dean of the Deep Sea from Chapter Eight. It's normal that you don't recognize her, Yamato-nee."

"Oh, that's right."

"..." Xiaobai and Shenhai Yamato exchanged a glance, nodded, and reached a consensus.

but.

Just at this time.

Neither Shiro nor Yamato discovered it.

Right behind the Deep Sea Yamato.

Pachina, who had just been lying on the floor looking lost and dejected, suddenly seemed to be stimulated by some key word when she heard the name Savoy. Her empty eyes quickly came back to their senses, and the dejected look on her face quickly disappeared, returning her to normal.

A strange glint flashed in Pachina's eyes.

"Hmm... Savoy?"

Pachina frowned and looked at Xiaobai.

Chapter 1972 Invincible Skills

"You were just talking about Savoy?" Pachina propped herself up from the floor and asked Shiro and Yamato, "Tell me again, where did you meet her?"

“Ah, yes…” Xiaobai turned around and nodded to pachina, “It was last night when Chaoda and I went to the deep sea area in Chapter 8 to look for the Deep Sea Crane.”

“…Chapter Eight…?” Pachina looked at Xiaobai’s face, frowned, and seemed to be deep in thought.

"...What's wrong, Pachina?" Xiaobai noticed Pachina's strange expression and couldn't help but ask, "What are your thoughts on Savoy?"

“What could she possibly be thinking?” Yamato Aqua interjected. “Didn’t Pachina say before that she only briefly visited Chapter 8 a few decades ago, met Zuikaku Aqua once, and then left? Hmph… I bet Pachina was just intimidated by what you just said about Savoy’s fighting strength, and started to doubt her own abilities as a fellow Lugi…”

“I know her.” Pachina looked up and spoke to Shiro and Yamato.

"What?" Deep Sea Yamato froze on the spot, turning his head to look at Pachina in shock.

“I know her.” Pachina slowly sat up, looking at him with a very serious expression. “Isn’t this Savoy you’re talking about the girl with very fair skin who wears a shameless birdcage-like outfit?”

"Huh? Really!" Xiaobai's eyes widened in surprise when he heard Pachina describe Savoy's appearance. "Pachina, you really saw Savoy?!"

"But, but didn't you say before that you only knew the Deep Sea Zuikaku in Chapter 8..." Deep Sea Yamato approached Pachina with a look of surprise.

“In Chapter Eight, I did only see the Deep Sea Zuikaku.” Pachina frowned, raised her hand and pressed down on the face that Deep Sea Yamato was leaning towards, pressing her back with a whimper from Deep Sea Yamato, and then slowly said, “But… I did see Savoy… outside of Chapter Eight.”

"Outside of Chapter Eight..." Xiaobai listened to Pachina's words and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "Oh right, I remember Savoy saying that she wasn't the native Deep Sea Dean of Chapter Eight... Could it be that she, like Deep Sea Zuikaku, was also a Deep Sea Dean imprisoned by Frederick in the ruined city?"

"Ruined city? Friedrich? What's that?" Pachina looked up at Xiaobai with a puzzled expression.

"Ah... that... it was last night... sigh, there's a lot of information here, I'll explain after I finish talking about this..." Xiaobai scratched his head and continued to ask Pachina, "Miss Pachina, so you're saying you used to be quite familiar with Savoy, right?"

“...To say we’re close... well, not really.” Pachina’s gaze shifted to one side. After thinking for a moment, she said to Xiaobai, “If I had to say, it’s just that I was bothered by her for a while.”

"Get entangled?"

“It’s just a tragic fate.” Pachina nodded and explained to Xiaobai, “She is Dean Luji, who is a little younger than me. I met her when I was traveling around the seas when I had nothing to do back then. We fought a few times. Later, I beat her, and she became my target and kept bothering me. You know, I don’t like fighting, so it took me a long time to get rid of her.”

"Eh... so that's how it is..."

"How did you defeat her?" Deep Sea Yamato noticed the key words in Pachina's explanation and asked Pachina with a puzzled look, "Just now, Shiro said that Savoy has armor that can withstand the power of super-heavy artillery fire. How did you defeat her? Did you bombard her with your land-based main gun?"

"Heh." Pachina gave Fukami Yamato a disdainful smile, reached out and poked Fukami Yamato's forehead, "Only a woman like you with only limbs and breasts would always think of solving problems with violence."

"Uh...uh..." Deep Sea Yamato closed her eyes as Pachina poked her with her finger. She shrank back, covered her forehead with her hands, and pouted as she continued to ask, "I'm just curious, you know. After all, you couldn't even break through her defenses, so how did you manage to beat her..."

"Sigh..." Pachina's face showed a look of "you're hopeless," she looked at Akami Yamato and said, "...Who said I can't break her defenses?"

"What? There is such a thing?"

“Savoy does indeed possess terrifying defensive capabilities, I admit that,” pachina said slowly, putting down her hand. “But… that’s only at night.”

"Night? What do you mean?" Shiro and Yamato stared at Pachina curiously.

“…Skills.” Pachina sighed and explained to the two, “The reason Savoy was able to withstand the damage from the Super Yamato’s shelling is because she possesses a very special protective skill called ‘Defenses Under Construction.’ Its effect is that whenever the sun sets into the sea and night falls, Savoy gains unparalleled defense and damage reduction. As long as this protective skill is in effect, it is impossible to harm her by any means.”

"Holy crap?" Yamato's eyes widened. "This is insane?"

“Yes,” Pachina nodded. “However, the more powerful the effect of a skill, the stronger its negative effects and limitations are. Especially a protective skill like Savoy’s, which is practically invincible at night—once the night fades and the sun rises again, Savoy’s protective ability will disappear. And Savoy is extremely vulnerable during the day. You could say that she is so vulnerable during the day that she is completely at the mercy of others.”

"During the day..." Shiro and Yamato exchanged a glance, then looked at Pachina, "Uh... Pachina, how did you know about this kind of privacy skill effect?"

“I found out when I was fighting Savoy.” Pachina looked down and fiddled with her fingernails. “Savoy always chose to cause trouble for me at night before, and I just thought it was her personal hobby, so I didn’t think much of it. But one time I fought Savoy all night, and as morning approached, Savoy made an excuse to retreat. I felt that she was hiding something from me, so I tried to chase after her, and then… I found out that she was incredibly weak during the day, so I easily beat her up.”

"……"noob.

"..." Deep Sea Yamato.

“That’s the difference between someone who fights with their brain and someone like you who fights with their breasts,” Pachina said to Deepsea Yamato. “Look at the Admiral. Since she can stand here and talk about Savoy so easily, she must have, like me, discovered Savoy’s skills through some clues during the battle with Savoy, and then dragged the battle out until morning before Savoy finally gave up, right?”

"...Uh." Xiaobai said awkwardly.

"Is that so?" Pachina looked at Xiaobai as if seeking confirmation.

"This..." Xiaobai scratched his head, speechless with embarrassment.

"..."

"..."

"Actually... I really don't know about Savoy's skills..." Xiaobai whispered.

"..." Pachina's expression turned strange as she stared at Xiaobai. "Then how did you defeat Savoy?"

"Well..." Xiaobai rubbed his hands.

"...You...you don't mean to say that you beat Savoy last night despite her damage reduction skill, do you...?" Pachina looked at Xiaobai with an extremely strange expression.

"...Almost, close..." Xiaobai scratched his head awkwardly, grinning apologetically at Pachina.

“…pachina.”

Chapter 1973 Long-Term Preparations

"You really are... I don't know what to say..." Pachina said to Xiaobai with a helpless expression, rubbing his forehead. "Normally, once most people have experienced Savoy's fighting power at night, they wouldn't even have the idea of ​​continuing to fight her, right?"

"Uh... well... indeed..." Xiaobai scratched his cheek and gave Pahcina an awkward smile.

"...So, how exactly did you defeat Savoy?" Pachina lowered her hand and asked Xiaobai, "With your main cannon that looks like a laser beam?"

"No."

"You didn't use the laser cannon?"

"Ah."

"So what did you use?"

"Two secondary guns."

"???" Pachina looked puzzled.

"Ha...haha..." Xiaobai laughed sheepishly, "Well...it's all because I was lucky, really lucky..."

“…Alright, whatever makes you happy.” A deep sense of helplessness washed over Pachina’s face. Pachina sighed softly, rubbing her brow with her fingers. But then, as if remembering something, she looked at Xiaobai again. “Let’s move on to the next topic… What are those ruined cities and Friedrichs that you mentioned when you were talking about this?”

Pachina's words also caught the attention of Yamato Fukami, who was sitting next to him and couldn't help but cast a curious glance at him.

“Frederick is not a thing, uh… no, Frederick is an East… uh…” Xiaobai first explained in two sentences, then waved his hand at pachina, “Ahem… it’s like this, the Frederick I just mentioned to you is actually a Deep Sea Dean who lives deep in Chapter Eight.”

"What? There's a third Deep Sea Dean in the eighth chapter's sea area?" Deep Sea Yamato, who had been eavesdropping, exclaimed, his eyes wide. "What's going on?"

Deep Sea Yamato crawled up to Shiro, looking surprised.

As the pinnacle of evolution among deep-sea creatures, the Deep Sea Dean possesses an extremely strong sense of territory; to put it simply, two tigers cannot share one mountain.

No matter how good the relationship is among the deep-sea deans, they will usually each occupy their own area of ​​the sea and establish their own deep-sea territory.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for two proud and arrogant deep-sea deans to coexist peacefully in the same sea area.

Even the original Deepsea Ryujo and Super Yamato only cooperated temporarily when they launched a war against the other side. If the war ended successfully, Deepsea Ryujo would return to its own deep-sea territory. At most, it would occasionally visit Super Yamato, but it would not stay with Super Yamato forever.

Even if there were truly unexpected events in this world, such as the existence of deep-sea deans who have an incredibly close relationship and can live together peacefully in some corner of the world's oceans, that would definitely be an extremely rare phenomenon, comparable to a black swan event. Not to mention the situation Xiaobai just mentioned, where three deep-sea deans live together in one ocean area.

As a veteran abbot, Yamato Shinkai had traditions deeply ingrained in her heart, so she naturally understood this better than anyone else. That's why Yamato Shinkai was so surprised when Shiro revealed Frederick the Great's identity.