Elder brother's garrison

The jewelry shop owner glanced at Snow White standing next to him, looking like a witch.

The destroyer simply smiled as she watched her sisters, without picking out any jewelry herself.

"Young lady, aren't you going to take a look?" the jewelry shop owner asked.

"No need, thank you for your concern. I'll take care of my sisters." Bai Xue politely bowed to the jewelry shop owner.

Ah, destroyers are really great.

Even with incredibly similar faces and similarly developed bodies, different clothes and hairstyles can create a wide variety of personalities.

The jewelry store owner wore an expression that seemed to have been healed.

"Are your sisters not satisfied with my products?" the jewelry store owner asked.

"It shouldn't be," Bai Xue shook her head.

At this moment, Fubuki and the other two destroyers finally came up, holding up the black cards in their hands and asking with strange looks, "Boss, do you have anything here that can be purchased with this?"

The black card in Fubuki's hand looked particularly high-end; although it was black, it had a shiny sheen.

The jewelry store owner glanced at the black card.

"This is a merit card; it can only be used within the guild next door." The shopkeeper shook his head. "Everything outside requires cash."

"Huh?" Fubuki exclaimed in disappointment.

She pouted as she looked at the card in her hand, her face full of displeasure.

It would be too frustrating to have such a large sum of merit points in your hands but not be able to spend them.

I can't possibly eat a meal worth 10,000 merit points in the guild's dining area, can I? I'd get so fat after that.

—Oh right, I almost forgot that ship girls don't get fat.

Xiaobai and Nia rushed over from the guild entrance.

"Fubuki, have you decided on what you like?" Shiro asked Fubuki.

Faced with Xiaobai's question, Fubuki simply shook her head and said with a disappointed look, "Only cash is accepted here. Fubuki's merit points cannot be spent."

Fubuki clutched the black card in her hand, feeling utterly wronged.

“…Oh dear, I didn’t think of that, it’s my fault.” Xiaobai then remembered that the currency used for transactions outside was normal cash. “Well…it’s okay, Fubuki and your sisters can discuss what they want, and I’ll buy it for you.”

"Thank you, Admiral!" Fubuki nodded, but she was still somewhat disappointed.

After all, things you buy on your own initiative are not quite the same as things you get the admiral to buy for you.

“Merit points can be exchanged for money at the guild,” Nia said.

"Huh? Is that possible?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

“Yes, that’s fine. The guild doesn’t prohibit the trading of merit points between admirals,” Nia said. “If you just stand in the dining area for a while and express your desire to trade, quite a few people should try to trade with you.”

How do we trade?

“Well, I haven’t traded before… but I heard it’s around 100 merit points for 1000 yuan,” Nia said thoughtfully, stroking her chin.

Quite expensive.

Xiao Bai remembered the millions of merit points on his admiral card.

—It turns out I'm incredibly wealthy not only in terms of being an admiral, but also in terms of being a member of society.

According to Veneto, this is because he hasn't recharged in a long time, and he only has a small amount of merit left.

"Lu Lin?" Nia noticed that Xiao Bai seemed a bit distracted and didn't know what she was thinking, so she called out to remind her.

"Ah, it's nothing, sorry." Xiaobai nodded and looked at Fubuki behind her. "Then Fubuki, how about we go get your card and exchange it for money sometime tomorrow?"

"Okay, sure!" Fubuki replied happily, her body adorned with layers upon layers of pearl necklaces.

"Fubuki, what's with the necklace you're wearing?"

"Tsk tsk!" Fubuki's previous disappointed expression vanished instantly. "Fubuki wants to buy these!"

Upon hearing that merits could be exchanged for money, Fubuki was overjoyed and immediately pulled off several of her favorite ornaments and hung them on her body.

Anyway, these things aren't that expensive. I can just buy whatever I want tomorrow after I exchange the money.

Looking at Fubuki, who had transformed into a clothesline and was covered in ornaments, Shiro didn't know what expression to make.

The other three girls in the Fubuki family also took something they liked.

"Boss, please settle the bill," Xiaobai said to the jewelry store owner.

"Okay, that'll be nine hundred and eighty in total." The shopkeeper had already calculated the price.

Without saying a word, Nia took out ten red banknotes from her wallet and handed them over.

"Huh? Nia doesn't need to pay, I can do it myself." Xiaobai was just about to get her wallet from Veneto when she saw Nia quickly complete the transaction with the shopkeeper, and she was puzzled.

That's over a thousand yuan, no small amount. Why did Nia pay for herself without saying a word?

"It's alright, I like Fubuki and the others too." Nia smiled kindly. "I still have enough money to buy some gifts for Lu Lin's ship girls."

"Ah... I see." Since Nia said so, there was nothing he could do. Maybe that's just how it is between admirals.

"Thank you, Nia-neechan!" Fubuki, who was wearing seven or eight pearl necklaces all over her body, thanked Nia. As she moved, the small pearls all over her body made a crackling sound.

The destroyers from the Fubuki family all saw their favorability towards Nia increase by one percentage point.

Nia clenched her fist secretly.

This deal is a good one.

To build a good relationship with an admiral, you first need to build a good relationship with his ship girls. As long as you take good care of his ship girls, it won't be a difficult task to win over the admiral himself.

Although a thousand yuan is almost a third of Nia's monthly salary, and there was hardly anything left after deducting accommodation fees this month, she did not regret it at all.

Ah, money is such a wonderful thing.

Admiral Nia was experiencing both pain and pleasure.

Cleveland, standing next to Nia, looked at her but remained silent.

Having spent so much time with Nia, Cleveland couldn't miss a single, subtle expression from her.

—The kid's all grown up and wants to find a girlfriend.

Cleveland was thinking that he should probably find a few admirals tomorrow to exchange deep-sea metal for some money to fund his son.

Xiao Bai and her group left the jewelry store.

After Admiral Nia paid the bill on behalf of Xiaobai, she got even closer to Xiaobai.

Admiral Nia is quite cute, with a simple and gentle personality. Even a novice wouldn't feel uncomfortable being near her.

They first checked out of a hotel on the outskirts of the city, then returned to the union area and booked their own rooms at a hotel there.

The hotel mostly offers four-person rooms to accommodate the fact that ship girls might prefer to stay with the admiral, but unfortunately, Shiro's ship girl count still exceeds the limit.

So she had no choice but to book two four-person rooms.

The four Fubuki sisters moved into another room with a troubled expression.

"It's okay, Fubuki can come to my room anytime before she goes to sleep," Shiro said to Fubuki.

Fubuki was relieved.

Shiro's room and the Fubuki sisters' rooms are next to each other, so visiting each other's rooms is no problem.

After agreeing on the time and place to meet with Admiral Nia the next day, Xiaobai and Veneto went into their room.

As expected of the hotel closest to the union, the rooms are quite well-equipped.

"It's strange that there are still so many empty rooms in such a good location." Xiaobai lay down on the bed, feeling the soft touch, and then murmured to herself.

Veneto took Xiaobai's daily necessities out of her ship equipment space and placed them in the bathroom.

“Hotels near the city center all have their own occupancy standards. The occupancy standards for the first chapter of the sea area are probably just meeting any one of the following criteria: ship girl level, ship girl type, or ship girl quantity. That’s why there are relatively few people staying at this hotel,” Veneto said.

"Ah...I see..." Xiaobai exclaimed.

Humans are truly a species that can be filtered out at any time.

After Xiaobai and Veneto had been together for a while, the Fubuki sisters came running over carrying a large box of things.

"Admiral! Fubuki's here to play!"

Fubuki knew that being clingy had to be appropriate for the occasion. So she didn't cling to Shiro particularly much on the street before, and just acted like an ordinary destroyer.

For Fubuki, who adores Shiro and sleeps with him every day on the train, this is a suffocating situation.

So Fubuki looked at Shiro lying on the bed, put down the box in her arms, and immediately leaped over to him.

With a thud, Shiro and Fubuki were thrown into the air by the bouncy bed.

Fubuki hugged Shiro's arm and lay in her arms, giggling.

Chapter 217 Changes in the Body

Since the purpose of coming to the first chapter was not to conquer the sea area, the ship girls in Xiaobai's family were very relaxed.

In fact, there was no need to form a team at all. The fact that he was able to team up with Nia now was just a coincidence.

Oh well, whatever.

Anyway, I'll kill anyone who gets in my way, and I'll fight anyone who wants to fight. As a big shot, you have to think like a big shot.

Under Shiro's bed, the four Fubuki sisters sat on the clean floor and emptied the contents of the box.

Wow————

The round pearls lapped against the floor like white waves.

After returning to her room, Fubuki quickly unpacked the pearl necklaces she had bought and put them into the toy box.

The four destroyers bent down, pressed themselves against the floor, and started playing pinball with the pearl.

A destroyer is indeed a destroyer.

Fubuki's seven or eight necklaces must cost at least eight or nine hundred yuan. What ordinary girl would be willing to just take them apart and use them as pinballs?

Only Fubuki and her friends would do something like this.

Veneto was tidying up the house, her small body rolling around on and under the bed, being extremely careful.

"Veneto, thank you." Seeing Veneto busy himself, Xiaobai couldn't help but thank him.

"Yes, you're welcome." Veneto struck a pose of reassurance, then shook the bedsheet in his hand. "This inn has a bathhouse. Would the Admiral like to come along later?"

"Is there a bathhouse? Fubuki wants to go too!" The four destroyers on Fubuki's side quickly raised their hands.

"Okay, I won't go. You guys go ahead." Xiaobai shook her head, which was unusual for her.

Xiaobai hadn't slept well on the bumpy train ride, so she felt she needed to catch up on her sleep.

This tireless and hungry body is quite troublesome. Xiaobai doesn't even know if she needs to sleep or eat. In order to avoid suddenly dying from exhaustion or starvation one day, Xiaobai can only strictly plan her rest time according to the schedule.

The four Fubuki sisters looked on with regret.

"I'm sorry," Xiaobai could only say to comfort her.

After Veneto finished tidying up the room, Fubuki and the others followed Veneto out of the room one by one.

The four-person room is now empty.

Xiao Bai sat on the bed, looking at the empty room, and touched her belly.

Is it really a bad idea to go to sleep right after eating...?

Oh well, I have my own ship equipment, so I shouldn't be afraid of this little thing.

So she lay down on the bed without even taking off her clothes.

The soft, cool sheets against her skin made Xiaobai groan with pleasure.

She closed her eyes. Although she wasn't sleepy, Xiaobai quickly fell asleep.

It was just like that time when I returned to the naval base from Yuxiu and fell asleep on the floor in Bismarck's living room.

Just like he learned Bismarck's magic trick of falling asleep the moment his head hit the pillow, Xiaobai fell asleep very quickly this time.

—She rarely falls asleep so quickly in her life.

She had a strange dream, filled with blue and purple hues.