Elder brother's garrison

"..."

Super Big and the others were still too busy taking care of the sleeping Little White.

The deep-sea crane appeared normal.

No one responded to Kamikaze.

"Tsk." Kamikaze clicked his tongue, looking annoyed. He then shook his hand, said in a self-deprecating tone, and walked towards the door, "I can't rely on any of them! I'm leaving too!"

-

Hindenburg, humming a song, followed Barbarossa back to his residence.

As soon as it entered the room, Hindenburg raised its arms, made a whimpering sound, ran to its seat, and jumped up.

"Barbarossa! When are we going to the Admiral's house tomorrow?" Hindenburg asked Barbarossa impatiently, raising his legs.

Barbarossa, who entered the room, seemed to have a gloomy expression. She covered her chest with one hand and stood at the door for a long time without saying a word.

Barbarossa?

"..."

"Barbarossa—"

Hindenburg called out to Barbarossa several times from the deep sea.

Finally, Barbarossa responded.

Barbarossa seemed to snap out of her daze and looked at the Deep Sea Hindenburg in her seat.

“Barbarossa, what’s wrong?” Hindenburg asked.

“It’s alright,” Barbarossa replied.

"Something's on your mind!" Hindenburg shouted from the Deep Sea.

"..." Barbarossa nodded slightly.

"Need help?" Deepsea Hindenburg suddenly fell silent upon hearing Barbarossa's admission and cautiously asked her.

"..." Barbarossa was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly. She walked up to Hindenburg in the Deep Sea and asked her hesitantly, "Help me."

"Sure! What can I do for you?"

“…Try rubbing my breasts.” Barbarossa unbuttoned his shirt, lifted it, and said to Hindenburg.

"Oh!" Hindenburg responded simply, then reached out and placed his hand on Barbarossa's chest, giving it a squeeze. "Is this how it is?"

"Squeeze it."

"Oh."

"Pinch it."

"Ah."

"Squeeze it."

"it is good!"

Although Hindenburg didn't understand what Barbarossa was going to do, he still listened to Barbarossa.

But Barbarossa's expression remained as puzzled as ever.

—It feels very ordinary.

—It's nowhere near as comfortable to touch as the little white one.

Chapter 2081 Who cares?

Xiao Bai felt like he was having a dream.

She dreamt that she was lying in a soft, fluffy white cloud, soaring through the sky with it. Sometimes the cloud bounced her high like a trampoline, and sometimes it held her tightly like a cradle. In her dream, she went up and down with the white cloud. The sky was a vibrant white with blooming flowers. She cheered and shouted like a child entering an amusement park for the first time, having a great time and letting go of all her stress, returning to her childlike heart.

I don’t know how much time has passed.

In her dream, Xiaobai, riding a roller coaster on white clouds, suddenly felt a tingling, itchy sensation on her face. At first, she thought it was some mosquito or fly that had landed on her face, so she reached out and rubbed her cheek, but nothing came off. Xiaobai didn't care, but after a while, the itching sensation on her face returned, and it was even stronger. In her dream, Xiaobai raised her hand to rub her face several times, but she couldn't relieve the situation. Finally, in her dream, Xiaobai angrily raised her hand, and the next time the itching sensation appeared, she raised her hand and slapped her face hard.

Snapped! !

In real life, Xiaobai kicked his legs and suddenly opened his eyes.

What came into Xiaobai's view was the face of the deep-sea crane magnified in front of him.

The Deep Sea Zuikaku was holding a feather that it had found somewhere, and it was gently stroking Xiaobai's cheek. When it noticed that Xiaobai had finally opened its eyes, the Deep Sea Zuikaku stopped, put down the feather, and calmly greeted Xiaobai, who was staring at it.

"woke up?"

"Uh—" Xiaobai stared blankly at Shenhai Zuikaku, "Miss Shenhai Zuikaku... Good morning? Um, may I ask where you are right now—"

"I'm waking you up." The deep-sea crane withdrew its cheek from Little White's body, then lowered its head to fiddle with the snow-white feathers in its hands, and slowly said, "The person next to you doesn't want me to disturb your rest, but you promised me today that you would take me to the shore, so I'm trying to wake you up in my own way."

"That must have been tough on Miss Fukami Zuikaku..." Shiro sighed helplessly, slowly sitting up. But as soon as she sat up straight, a subtle dizziness surged into her head, causing her to cover her mouth and lower her head. "Ugh... I feel a little uncomfortable..."

"Are you sick?" Akagi Zuikaku approached and asked with concern.

"No, it's probably just a hangover. Wait for me, I'll be done soon."

Xiaobai gave a wry smile. She first smiled at the Deep Sea Zuikaku, then concentrated and slightly activated the power of her ship equipment. Soon, as the power of the ship equipment spread throughout Xiaobai's body, the discomfort in her mind disappeared completely.

Those who possess ship equipment power will not get drunk, and naturally they will not suffer from hangovers or drunkenness debuffs. However, the premise is that they must be willing to activate their ship equipment. If they deliberately do not remove the drunkenness debuff like Xiaobai did before, and simply want to be emboldened by alcohol, they will still get drunk as usual.

After his mind cleared, Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief.

The Deep Sea Zuikaku, who was standing nearby, watched Xiaobai's actions. After Xiaobai returned to normal, she asked Xiaobai, "Was your reaction just now related to being carried back by Barbarossa?"

"Well... I guess so..." Xiaobai gave a wry smile.

Perhaps because the duration of his intoxication was relatively short this time, his memory was still quite clear. Unlike his previous intoxications, Xiaobai did not forget his actions during his drunkenness.

The wine that Xiaobai drank before was a bottle of wine that Xiaobai had accidentally put into the ship's equipment space.

—This is a little habit that Xiaobai has had ever since he got his ship equipment space.

In daily life, whenever Xiaobai sees something interesting and thinks it might come in handy in the future, he will always put it into his ship equipment space without hesitation. As he does this more often, Xiaobai's ship equipment space gradually becomes like Doraemon's magic pocket, accumulating quite a few gadgets.

"Hmm..." Akagi Zuikaku nodded, paused for a moment with a drawn-out sound, and then asked Shiro, "What just happened between you and Barbarossa?"

"Ah... this... no, it's nothing..." Xiaobai blushed, coughed awkwardly, and then looked around. She found that the lobby on the first floor where she and Shenhai Zuikaku were was empty. Only Chaoda and one other person were squatting at the door, watching the outside scenery like a watchdog. "Eh? Where is everyone else?"

"They just went back. As for her, they said she went outside to keep watch." Fukami Zuikaku pointed to the super-sized Yamato at the door.

"Oh……"

Hearing the conversation in the hall, Chao Dahe quickly turned her head and looked towards Xiao Bai.

"Admiral, you're awake!" Chao Dahe waved to Xiao Bai with delight and ran in.

"Yes, I'm awake. Thanks to Chaoda and Dahe for keeping watch for me," Xiaobai said with a smile to Chaoda and Dahe.

"Admiral, you were just carried back by Barbarossa, and you reek of alcohol!"

"Yeah...after all, we've been drinking..."

"Why would you suddenly drink, Admiral?" Chao Yamato asked, looking puzzled.

"I heard that drinking gives you courage..." Xiao Bai scratched his head sheepishly and gave the two people in front of him an awkward smile. "Alright, alright, let's not talk about this anymore. The other Deep Sea Deans just went home, right?"

"Yes, they've all gone back!" Chao Dahe nodded.

“It’s not too late now, let’s hurry back…” Xiaobai glanced out the door, looking at the sky that had darkened slightly under the fog, and said to Shenhai Zuikaku, who was standing calmly beside her, “We promised Miss Shenhai Zuikaku that we would take her ashore.”

"Oh!"

Upon hearing this, Chao Da and He swiftly opened a teleportation vortex in front of Xiao Bai and Shen Hai Zui He.

Xiaobai and Chaoda carefully removed the mark left by Frederick the Great from their bodies and threw it on the wall. Then, together with Shenhai Zuikaku, they walked into the black vortex and disappeared.

As the black vortex disappeared, the surroundings gradually quieted down.

The entrance to the lobby on the first floor was wide open. Outside, the water was calm, without wind or waves, and even the deep-sea scent in the air seemed lazy and motionless.

After a period of time.

The dormant deep-sea atmosphere in the air suddenly became active.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

A series of light footsteps sounded from outside the door of the lobby on the first floor.

A few seconds later, a shadow slowly emerged from one side of the waterway and stopped in front of the door.

The figure paused for a moment at the entrance of the first-floor lobby before slowly stepping out and entering the deserted lobby.

The figure walked into the hall as if no one else was there, passing by Xiaobai's tent, sleeping bag, chairs placed on the first floor of the hall, and carpets laid on the ground. Then, it stopped at the spot where the black vortex had appeared, lowered its head to observe the floor for a while, and finally walked towards the nearby wall.

This time, she stopped in front of the wall. She looked up at the wall and her gaze landed precisely on the two inconspicuous gold marks on it.

silence.

There was a long silence.

The figure stopped completely this time, staring at the markings on the wall like a statue, no longer moving.

The atmosphere in the lobby on the first floor became quiet again.

The deep-sea aura that had just become active at the entrance slowly slumped back down, turning into dust in the air, slowly gathering and slowly dissipating.

Everything seemed to have returned to the moment before the figure appeared.

-

"Wow! It's Ms. Zuikaku! You're here to play again!"

Welcome!

"Miss Zuikaku, are you settling in well at the naval base?"

"..."

As soon as Xiaobai and his two companions returned to the villa, before they could even stand properly, Abyssal Zuikaku was excitedly pulled away by the novice naval ship girls around her, who happily surrounded her.

The auspicious cranes of the deep sea rode the flow of people and flew away.

Xiaobai and Chao Yamato stood still, looking at the Abyssal Zuikaku surrounded by the ship girls in the distance.

Xiao Bai couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"I have a feeling... Miss Fukami Zuikaku seems to be more popular than us... No wonder she was doing so well in the ruined city, and suddenly thought of coming back again."

"Hmm..." Chao Dahe was about to nod when he suddenly shook his head rapidly. Then, he clenched his fists at Xiaobai and said seriously, "The Admiral is the most popular! I'll go remind them right now!"

After saying that, Chao Da rolled up his sleeves and headed aggressively towards the ship girls.

"Hey! No way!" Xiaobai quickly grabbed Chao Yamato and explained to her, "This is fine too. With Miss Abyssal Zuikaku helping us share the burden, we can save some trouble here. Anyway, let's leave this to them for now and go back to the naval base to check on the situation in Missouri."

"Oh! Okay!" Chao Dahe nodded quickly and raised his hand to summon the teleportation vortex again.

Abyssal Zuikaku, standing in the crowd, silently watched out of the corner of her eye as Shiro and Yamato disappeared into the black vortex. Her actions were noticed by the surrounding ship girls, causing a burst of teasing laughter from them.

"Zuikaku-neechan, were you secretly watching the Admiral's side just now?"

"Wow~ They're so loving! She's the kind of sister who's cold on the outside but warm on the inside, I love her so much!"

"Don't worry, the admiral has been busy these past few days and is probably out of sight again. Sister, you don't need to worry about her. She'll be back when it's time for her to come back!"

"Little sister, come quick, I've got a real treasure for you!"

"..."

Abyssal Zuikaku was pushed and shoved away by the enthusiastic ship girls.

The ship girl passed by the gate of the villa.

Two ship girls, each carrying a juice bottle, sat on the threshold at the entrance, tilting their heads back and gulping down their drinks with a curious, almost intoxicating air.

"Glug glug—waha—" Saratoga took a big gulp of juice, held the half-empty, wobbling bottle, and lowered her head. She leaned on the Constellation's shoulder beside her and spoke to it in a monotonous voice, "Sis—why did you come here in the first place?"

"It's all because the Admiral is here." Constellation sighed deeply, weighing the juice bottle in her hand, and muttered softly, "I thought that since the Admiral was here, I could make do with the harsh environment. Who knew that the Admiral didn't actually live here at all... It's been several days, and I haven't been able to see the Admiral even once. I'm so miserable."

"Woooooooo..."

"Sarah, what about you?"