Elder brother's garrison

"Why??!"

The aircraft carrier girl was thrown over by the flames while completely bewildered, and she was sent flying into the sky just like the previous challenging ship girl.

Ship equipment debris was scattered all over the ground.

Out-of-control carrier-based aircraft rained down from the sky, crashing onto Rome with a deafening roar.

However, this level of impact is merely a relatively violent hailstorm and would not cause any damage to Rome.

……

On the beach, the admirals stared in disbelief at the results of their battle on the sea.

"Ah this..."

"How...how did we lose again...lost without any explanation!"

"This special ship girl is too powerful! I paid extra attention to her this time, and I even turned on the admiral's network to increase my focus, but I still didn't see her move even once!"

"Amazing, truly amazing!"

"An invisible barrage! That's incredibly powerful!"

"This is a special ship girl! A barrage of fire that even aircraft carriers, skilled at target acquisition, cannot detect!"

"..."

The admirals' initial shock gradually turned into amazement.

Amidst the admirals' shock, Roma carried the second unconscious ship girl ashore. After delivering the unconscious ship girl to her admiral just like the previous one, Roma quietly stood behind Nia and Shiro.

The second admiral stared blankly at the ship girl lying in front of him, stammering.

"Wait... no, something's not right... how could it end so quickly... this, this isn't right..."

"Wait, that's not right! Hurry up and take your wife home for a bath!" The admirals nearby hurriedly shoved the second admiral, urging him on, "Go and pay the registration fee!"

"Uh..." The second admiral stammered for a moment, then quickly picked up his ship girl and awkwardly walked to Nia. He pulled out a quick-repair device from behind his back and stuffed it into Nia's arms. "You... your ship girl is amazing. I lost. I've personally witnessed the power of special ship girls. I hope we'll have another chance to spar next time. Although your special ship girl wasn't injured this time, you should still accept this quick-repair device..."

After saying that, without waiting for Nia's reply, the second admiral picked up his ship girl and ran away.

Nia stared blankly at the rapid repair device in her arms.

"Hey... Little Bai, this needs to be fixed quickly..."

"Anyway, Rome wasn't injured this time, so you can keep it," Xiaobai said with a smile. "It's a rare resource, you know."

After all, not every admiral in this world has a substantial fortune like a newbie. In fact, even among the admirals in Chapter 8, the quick repair device is a rare item, especially for a new king admiral like Nia who is constantly exploring new areas. Her inventory of quick repair devices is only one or two hundred, which is the kind of resource that will be quickly depleted if not used sparingly.

"Well... thank you, Xiaobai..." Nia blushed as she accepted the rapid repair device.

Xiaobai looked at Nia with a smile, and suddenly, as if sensing something, she turned around and glanced at Rome.

“…Huh.” Little White looked at Rome and suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"Xiaobai, what's wrong?" Nia looked at Xiaobai.

"Rome's training level has improved," Xiaobai said.

"Huh??" Nia was taken aback. "Little White, you could tell that too?"

“My admiral network is a bit special.” Xiaobai nodded with a smile, then asked Rome, “Rome, how much did your training level improve in those two battles?”

"...I think I'm at level seven right now." Rome raised his hand to check his condition and said to Xiaobai.

"Wow, faster than leveling up?!" Nia exclaimed in surprise.

"It seems your Rome is improving quite quickly in actual combat." Xiaobai stroked his chin and nodded. "When fighting against max-level ship girls, you can personally feel the pressure of their aura, observe their actions, and finally watch them fall... Even so, it seems to improve your training level quite a bit."

"Is it really okay to be so idealistic..." Nia worried.

"Training level and combat experience are two different things after all." Xiaobai smiled and patted Rome. "Rome, there are still hundreds of battles waiting for you today, so keep up the good work."

"..." (The rest of the text appears to be a jumbled collection of characters and symbols, possibly from different sources. A direct translation isn't meaningful without further context or clarification.)

The World's Number One Ship Girl Tournament continues.

The third admiral quickly led a destroyer out.

"Hello, I'm the third admiral to sign up." The third admiral was a female admiral, who looked confidently at the destroyer beside her. "This is our ace destroyer! Her ability to evade artillery fire is top-notch. I've taken her to many exercises, and many naval bases' artillery battalions couldn't even hit her once, no matter how hard they tried. As a result, she earned the honorary title of 'Star of the Newspaper.' I've chosen to send her out to exercise against your special ship girl!"

"Good heavens, a destroyer."

"Hmm... Using destroyers, which are good at dodging artillery fire, in the exercise, while it may not guarantee victory, it also greatly reduces the probability of defeat."

"At least if we use destroyers, the battle will be forced to last longer, which will give us more information."

"..."

The admirals standing nearby nodded in agreement, looking at the female admiral with expressions of admiration.

Rome and the destroyer walked onto the surface of the sea under everyone's watchful eyes.

The female admiral watched the destroyer's retreating figure, then turned to Nia provocatively and asked, "Little admiral, do you think your special ship girl can hit my ace destroyer?"

"Well..." Nia was momentarily distracted, and she subconsciously moved closer to Xiaobai and grabbed Xiaobai's arm.

"..." Xiaobai felt Nia getting closer, and she smiled and held up a finger to the female admiral, "I guess... this one."

"What do you mean?" The female admiral was taken aback, then looked somewhat unhappy. "You mean my ship girl can only last for one minute?"

"No, what I mean is, your destroyers can't even dodge the first shot."

"What a joke!"

"No, I'm serious." Xiaobai nodded, then thought for a moment, "How about this, if I guess right, you'll give me ten times the registration fee."

"Heh, ten fast repairs?" The female admiral was clearly unconvinced. She pointed at Xiaobai and said, "You underestimate my ship girls! If, as you say, they can't even dodge the first shot, I'll pay a thousand times the registration fee! But if you lose, you'll have to apologize to my destroyers!"

"A thousand express repairs? That's not good."

"Hmph, you knew you'd lose..."

"No, no, what I mean is, the betting conditions are so unequal, it's not good at all." Xiaobai shook her head. After thinking for a while, she smiled at the female admiral and said, "How about this, if I lose, I will not only apologize to your destroyer, but also give you ten million merit points, how about that?"

"Huh?" The female admiral was stunned. "Ten million merit points?"

"Do you think this bet is fair?" Xiaobai smiled.

"...Then...then of course it's a huge advantage for me..." The female admiral thought for a moment, then looked at Xiaobai strangely, "...But you look very unfamiliar to me. You shouldn't be an admiral who has been in Chapter 7 and Chapter 6 for a long time, right? Do you really have ten million merits?"

"It's just a matter of ten months' rent," Xiaobai smiled.

Looking at Xiaobai's innocent smile, the female admiral wavered for a moment—ten million merit points was a considerable sum for any admiral, especially considering the simplicity of the bet; it was practically like merit points falling from the sky. Her expression shifted several times, first with doubt, then greed, but finally, she crossed her arms, proudly tilting her chin, and said, "...Fine. Although a million merit points is tempting, if others knew I tricked a young girl out of her money with such a condition, how would I face anyone in Chapter Eight? I'll pretend this bet never happened and let you off this time. Just don't ever say something like that to anyone again."

"Oh, that's a pity." Xiaobai shook her head and sighed.

……

……

……

boom! ! !

A violent explosion occurred on the sea surface, and the destroyer was thrown into the sea amidst the flames.

The female admiral on the beach remained with her arms crossed, staring blankly at the sea.

"How...how could this be...this is a destroyer...how could it not even fire its first shot..."

At this point, the female admiral suddenly seemed to remember something. She shuddered and then slowly turned her head to look in Xiaobai's direction.

Xiao Bai had somehow managed to stand very, very close to the female admiral.

Xiao Bai looked at the female admiral with an innocent smile on his face.

At this moment, Xiaobai is like a blooming lotus flower, pure and flawless.

“That’s great.”

Xiao Bai gave the female admiral a gentle smile.

"I didn't agree to the bet."

Chapter 2688 No such person found in film and television materials

The female admiral stared blankly at Xiaobai.

In that instant, the female admiral recalled the contents of the bet they had just made.

The female admiral trembled, her face turning pale, and a hint of fear appeared in her eyes as she looked at Xiaobai.

"You...you just now...did you already know that my destroyer wouldn't be able to dodge the first shot..." The female admiral asked Xiaobai, trembling all over, "So the content of your bet just now...could it be a trap for me?"

"How could that be?" Xiaobai shook his head with a smile, then gave the female admiral an even brighter smile. "Who knows what the future holds?"

Xiao Bai's smile is so sweet and adorable.

But looking at Xiaobai's appearance, the female admiral felt a chill run through her body.

so close……

It was a close call.

Just a few minutes ago, she almost succumbed to the temptation of ten million merit points and made a bet worth thousands of rapid repair devices with the well-behaved and quiet young female admiral in front of her... Thinking about the consequences if she hadn't resisted the temptation and coveted the ten million merit points the girl mentioned, the female admiral felt both relieved and fearful.

A thousand rapid repair devices...

Even in Chapter 8, this is no small number. Even though he had already made a name for himself in Chapters 6 and 7 and accumulated a wealth of resources that many admirals could only dream of, these thousands of rapid repair devices still accounted for almost a fraction of his wealth.

Although the female admiral is not entirely unable to afford the cost of this bet, if she were to actually pay it, the foundation that the naval base has built up over the years would likely be wiped out in an instant.

True.

The bet between Xiaobai and the female admiral was merely a verbal agreement. Even if the bet was agreed upon, there was no written agreement or official seal. It was just a joke-like agreement without any legal force. However, even so, there were hundreds of admirals from Chapter 8 watching the female admiral. If she were to renege on the bet under the watchful eyes of everyone, she would lose all face in Chapter 8 and be unable to continue her career.

Moreover.

Naval bases with special ship girls will eventually rank among the world's top ten. If the female admiral were to antagonize such a naval base with unlimited potential over a mere thousand rapid repair devices, that would be truly foolish and a death wish in every sense of the word.

The more the female admiral thought about it, the more she felt that she had just been manipulated by the young female admiral in front of her.

The more the female admiral looked at Xiaobai's smile, the more frightened she became, and her heart grew colder.

"Who...who exactly are you..." the female admiral stammered as she asked Xiaobai.

"I'm just an ordinary admiral of a naval base."

"How could an ordinary garrison command casually produce ten million merit points!"

"Then I'm just an ordinary naval commander with a little money." Xiaobai said, smiling and putting her hands together, slowly speaking to the female commander, "Besides, maybe I just acted impulsively just now, and I don't actually have that many merits? If you had agreed to the bet just now, and your ship girls accidentally beat our special ship girls, then I would be the one who would be in trouble, okay?"

"..." The female admiral silently looked at Xiaobai.

The female admiral didn't believe a single word Xiaobai said.

joke……

I was the one who said that if the special ship girl hit the destroyer with one shot, I would give her a thousand quick repair devices. Under such circumstances, the admiral in front of me could have simply agreed to the bet instead of the ten million merit points. But even so, she still brought up the ten million merit points bet.

Why do something so thankless and exhausting?

It's easy to figure out if you think about it for a moment.

The admiral's reason for proposing a ten million merit bet wasn't anything else; she simply wanted an opportunity to legitimately escalate her earlier, seemingly joking, angry remark into a fair wager. After all, if she didn't wager ten million merits, this "verbal bet" would be quite unfair to both parties. Therefore, her angry words would be seen as nothing more than angry words by others. Even if she lost the bet, she could shamelessly make excuses and let it slide, and everyone else would just laugh it off.

Only when she offers ten million merits will this two-way bet be fair and have the effect of being enforced in the eyes of others!

In other words... she was plotting against him!

She's plotting against me!

The young female admiral in front of me is a little devil!

The female admiral suddenly felt very cold. She hugged her arms and refused to look at Xiaobai again.

At that moment, Rome, having ended the battle at sea, also carried its destroyers ashore.

"Good heavens, even the Newspaper Star couldn't dodge the special ship girl's bombardment? That's too insane."

"Another fatal blow, another fatal blow."

"It seems that apart from submarines, there are no other ship girls in the world that can stop special ship girls."

"Then should I use a submarine to fight her?"

"You're really shameless."