Elder brother's garrison

“No one says heroes can’t be pretty girls.” The woman smiled kindly and patted the boy’s head. “Our peaceful life today is the result of the hard work and dedication of millions of people like this young lady.”

"Oh...can I meet this girl? I like her!"

"Hmm... no, she's very busy, but you can see her on TV often."

"I want to see him in person!"

"Mom wants to too, sigh... If you study hard, maybe you'll have a chance to see her when you grow up."

"Really?! Then I'll study hard! I want to get a perfect score!"

The little boy raised his hand with great enthusiasm and made a bold statement to his mother.

The mother and son's conversation echoed through the carriage, causing the other passengers to smile slightly.

"Drinks, instant noodles, dried fruit—" At the entrance of the train carriage, a train vendor pushed a cart into the carriage.

The train vendor called out softly, pushing a cart full of snacks and drinks next to the woman and child, and smiled at them.

"Would you like to order, sir?"

"Oh, no need, we brought our own food and water," the woman quickly put down her phone and replied to the train salesperson.

"Okay." The train saleswoman nodded with a smile, her gaze lingering on the woman's phone screen. She smiled gently, "So, you also enjoy this episode of 'Happy Base'?"

"Oh, you knew that too?"

"Yes, I've watched it three times already, and I even downloaded it and saved it on my computer."

"Me too! This Kantai Collection song is so good! I love it!" The woman chatted with the train salesperson as if she had found a kindred spirit. "This is the first time I've seen what Kantai Collection girls look like. Although the atmosphere is a little different from what I imagined, they are so beautiful!"

"It is said that the ship girl group in this episode was carefully selected by the famous director Chen Ganxuan at the naval base."

"Wow, I see—oh right, who's your favorite among them!"

"Although every ship girl is very appealing, I think I like the admiral the most."

"You too! Me too!" Upon hearing this, the woman's face lit up with a smile as if she had found a kindred spirit. She quickly took out her wallet, handed over twenty yuan, and smiled at the train vendor, "Come on, give me some dried fruit and a bottle of orange juice!"

Welcome!

Having completed his transaction with the woman, the train vendor quietly bid her farewell to the satisfied woman, then smiled and continued pushing his cart toward the next carriage.

As she pushed the cart, the train vendor's smile became even sweeter and brighter.

This is the sixtieth passenger to play "Happy Base" on the train today.

Goods on trains are often hard to sell, but during this period, if I encounter these kinds of passengers on the train and find an opportunity to talk to them briefly, I can often make them lower their guard and thus facilitate a series of small transactions.

The outcome was achieved where no one was sad and everyone could smile.

This is a blatant business opportunity.

These are all benefits brought to me by that admiral and her ship girls. Who says that idol worship only has disadvantages and no advantages? Here comes the benefit!

Hmm, I'll rewatch "Happy Base" after get off work today!

The train salesman thought to himself with a smug satisfaction.

The train conductor was lost in thought. She had just pushed her cart to the entrance of the next carriage when suddenly a slender, fair hand reached out from the seat next to her and stood in front of her.

"Hello, do you have instant noodles in cups? I'd like three servings."

A gentle, pleasant voice came from the seat next to me.

"Okay, please wait a moment! What flavor would you like? We have braised beef noodles and pickled cabbage noodles!" The train saleswoman answered instinctively. She looked at the seat where the voice came from, then her smile faltered slightly, and a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.

The person who stopped him was a very beautiful red-haired girl.

The red-haired girl had skin as smooth as snow and delicate features. She was dressed in the clothes of an ordinary tourist, seemingly unassuming and simple at first glance. However, even just by looking at the folds of her clothes, one could clearly feel the full and shapely figure encased in the fabric. She sat on the outermost chair, holding up three fingers to herself, with a polite and friendly smile on her face, making one feel comfortable.

"Two bowls of braised beef noodles and one bowl of pickled cabbage noodles, please," the red-haired girl whispered to her companions before speaking to the train conductor.

"Okay, please wait a moment. Would you like it steeped on the spot?"

"Well, that's troublesome."

While rummaging through his trolley to retrieve three packets of instant noodles, the train vendor glanced at the red-haired girl's companion.

The red-haired girl's companions are two girls.

One of them, sitting by the window, was an orange-haired girl with a figure as good as the red-haired girl, wearing a baseball cap and carrying various tourist souvenirs. The other girl, sitting between the red-haired girl and the girl in the baseball cap, was wearing a mask that covered most of her face and was sleeping peacefully with her head resting on the shoulder of the girl in the baseball cap.

The train conductor looked at the petite girl in the middle and vaguely sensed a strange sense of familiarity.

Chapter 2308 Xiaobai's Target Audience

"Is there anything I can help you with?" The red-haired girl asked, turning her head to meet the train conductor's gaze as she stopped what she was doing.

"Ah, no, no." The train saleswoman quickly shook her head. Work was more important. She shook off the familiar impression in her mind, then quickly filled three cups of instant noodles with boiling water and handed them to the red-haired girl in front of her. "Here are your three cups of instant noodles, forty-five yuan in total."

One major reason why goods don't sell well on trains is that they are too expensive. A cup of instant noodles that usually costs only five or six yuan in a supermarket costs more than three times as much on a train.

"Here's the money." The red-haired girl handed over the paper and pen with both hands. Her fair and slender fingers had neat and beautiful bright pink nail polish that glittered.

"Thank you for your patronage." The train saleswoman took the paper and pen, clutching the coins in one hand. She didn't leave immediately, her gaze involuntarily drifting towards the petite girl in the middle.

The girl sitting in the middle, wearing a mask, has white hair.

"Um... excuse me, why have you been looking this way...?"

"Oh, I'm sorry," the train salesperson quickly apologized. "I... I think you two look a bit like one person... I guess I'm overthinking it. Anyway, I'm very sorry!"

"Oh, I see." The red-haired girl chuckled in realization, then nodded with a smile. "Yeah, it's alright. People have been saying we look like other people these past few days."

"Yes, yes..." the train salesperson smiled awkwardly.

The train conductor did not linger. After bowing slightly to the three girls in front of him, he pushed his trolley toward the next carriage.

As they walked, the train salesperson rubbed his forehead, a helpless expression on his face.

It seems I've been working too much lately; I'm really exhausted.

I can't believe I'm seeing any random white-haired girl and mistaking her for a celebrity from the TV show "Happy Base"...

Ok.

Decided.

Anyway, my performance has been pretty good lately, and I've made a lot of commission money. Maybe I should ask for a two-day break after get off work today.

I remember there's a merchandise sale for Kantai Collection idols in a nearby city tomorrow...

The train salesperson, with his own calculations in mind, pushed the cart into the next carriage and disappeared from the red-haired girl's sight.

The red-haired girl held a steaming bowl of instant noodles, tilted her head to look out of the carriage, and only after confirming that the train salesperson had completely left did she let out a soft sigh of relief, then smiled at her two companions beside her.

"That was close, I almost got recognized again."

The red-haired girl spoke softly, in a voice only her companions could hear.

Upon hearing the red-haired girl's voice, the white-haired girl, who had been pretending to be asleep with her head on the orange-haired girl's shoulder, opened her eyes and let out a long breath.

"Phew, that was exciting." Xiaobai took the instant noodle cup handed to him from Baltimore and said with some emotion, "Sigh... I feel like a rat crossing the street. How long will I have to stay like this before I can go back to normal?"

"It probably won't work in the short term." Baltimore opened the instant noodle cup with regret, stirring the noodles inside with a small fork. "After all, Admiral, you're now a big star on par with Miss Shikamaru, aren't you?"

"Compared to Sister Luming, I'm still far behind."

"After all, Admiral, your livelihood depends on your persona." Baltimore pulled out a small fork, pointed at Shiro with the oily fork, and smiled happily. "After all... don't you think so? A beautiful young admiral, one in a million?"

"Don't make fun of me at a time like this..."

"Ha ha!"

Baltimore, Little White, and York picked up the steaming instant noodle cups and slurped up a mouthful of noodles in unison.

Slurp slurp slurp...

"Hmm..." York chewed on his noodles while staring wide-eyed at the scenery rushing past the train window. "Admiral, we seem to be getting close to our destination. We should be able to get off at the next stop."

"Where is our destination again?" Baltimore asked.

“We’ve been traveling with the Admiral for two days already, how could you forget this? It’s Peicheng, Peicheng!” York reminded him.

"Haha... I'm so happy to be going out with the Admiral, and before I knew it..." Baltimore stuck out her pink tongue, but quickly clenched her little fist and said seriously, "But I still remember the mission objective! We came out this time to find the Twin Deep Sea Deans who were previously sighted by humans, right? I will do my best! I definitely won't let the Admiral down!"

"..."

Shiro, sandwiched between the two ship girls, smiled.

Xiao Bai's status is not what it used to be.

Before, Xiaobai could leisurely stroll around human society as an ordinary citizen, but ever since she accompanied her family's deep-sea deans to film an episode of "Happy Base," Xiaobai has found that her life has undergone tremendous changes.

What's it like to become a big star alongside your ship girl?

First, I was constantly receiving calls from various project planning companies.

Even if he only answers phone calls, Xiaobai has almost no free time throughout the day.

Secondly, there's travel.

Since the show aired, somehow the news leaked out, and fans and paparazzi who learned the address of Xiaobai and the Deep Sea Deans have almost surrounded the community where Xiaobai lives. Whenever Xiaobai and the Deep Sea Deans want to go out, before they even step out of the community, they are greeted by countless flashes of light and the crazy cheers of fans.

According to unreliable statistics, on the second day after the "Happy Base" program aired, more than a hundred people blocked the entrance to Xiaobai Community, holding banners and shouting "Admiral, I like you so much!" In addition, thousands more people shouted things like "The ship girl ladies are so cool!" "Ship girl ladies, I look forward to your works!" "Please release an album soon!" "I want to see your big movie!"

Xiao Bai and the Deans of the Deep Sea Academy got a real taste of Lu Ming's daily life.

Xiao Bai never expected that he would become so popular.

After all, it's easy to say that the idols are from our own fandom. They can sing, dance, and act, and they have received professional idol training. As long as you have seen their performance on stage, it is only natural and inevitable that fans will like them.

But Xiaobai felt that he was different.

Compared to her own fans, Xiaobai can neither sing nor dance. When she appears on shows, she is just standing on the stage stiffly reciting her lines. Anyone could do this job better than her. But even so, a large number of fans still shout her name and block her door. This really puzzles Xiaobai.

On average, Xiaobai receives hundreds of confessions of love from strangers at her doorstep every day.

What puzzles Xiaobai the most is that women actually make up the vast majority of them.

Chapter 2309 First Arrival in Peicheng

While the feeling of being admired is certainly novel, if this continues for too long, even a novice can become physically and mentally exhausted.

Overall, life as a celebrity is quite tough.

So Xiaobai consulted Ms. Luming, a senior in the entertainment industry, for advice on how to make things easier for herself. Faced with Xiaobai's sincere question, Luming, who was in almost the same situation, sincerely said that given the current popularity and traffic of the Kantai Collection idol group, this situation could not be avoided in the short term. Instead of running away, she should try to accept it, which might make things easier.

Of course.

Ms. Luming also suggested that if Xiaobai really can't accept it in a short period of time, he could try to travel abroad to relax and avoid the limelight.

Lu Ming's words gave Xiaobai a great hint.

Xiao Bai recalled the reason why he came to the human world this time.

I was sent here because the Twin Deep Sea Deans appeared in the human seas. Although Mu Yu did not ask me to defeat these two Deep Sea Deans when he handed in the mission, I was already here. As a loyal and hardworking player who has completed the Deep Sea Deans' collection, it would be a disgrace to my title not to try my luck at sea.

I needed a reason to go out and lay low for a while, and the reason of capturing the Deep Sea Dean was simply impeccable.

That's why we're on this train.

"Director Chen is such a good person. When I told him I was leaving Yuncheng for a few days, he agreed without even hesitating. He even kindly sent a professional entertainment company agent to help lead Yamato and the others in running business during my absence." Xiaobai said to the two ship girls beside her with a look of emotion while holding a cup of instant noodles. "My gratitude to Director Chen is overflowing like a tidal wave."

“After all, it was the Admiral’s request.” Baltimore said with a hint of regret on his face. “It’s a real pity, though. It would have been great if Saratoga and the others could have come along.”

"Things are different now. Too many people would be too conspicuous."

“Then we should thank the Admiral for choosing the two of us,” Baltimore said with a smile.

“Akagi has to stay home and cook, Fubuki and the others are too numerous, and Saratoga… although I really wanted to bring her along, she has absolutely no idea how to hide herself, she’s just too conspicuous in every way.” Shiro sighed, then smiled at the two ship girls beside her, “But with you two here, it should be fine, right?”

"If we're talking about combat, I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you, Admiral... We're just ordinary heavy cruiser ship girls after all." Baltimore clasped her hands together and said to Shiro with great sincerity, "But as compensation! I will do my best to assist you in your daily life, Admiral!"

"I'm relieved to hear that," Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

Xiao Bai and his group's destination was Peicheng, which was a full two-day train journey from Yuncheng.

Peicheng is a scenic, peaceful coastal city with a vast sea and a pleasant climate. It is also the place where the two deep-sea deans, one in red and one in blue, appeared in the video that Mu Yu showed to Xiaobai.

That afternoon.

The train that Xiaobai was on pulled into Peicheng's train station.

As soon as the train stopped, the passengers in the carriage began to gather their luggage and stand up from their seats.

"Are all these passengers coming to Peicheng?" York looked at the passengers in the aisle with some surprise.