Elder brother's garrison

Under everyone's gaze, Xiaobai sat down at the blood-drawing station, pulled up her sleeve to reveal her snow-white arm, and handed it to the nurse.

The nurse skillfully bandaged Xiaobai's arm, then used iodine to locate the vein and gently wipe it.

"Admiral, your skin is so fair," the ship girl nurse said.

"Uh..." Xiaobai smiled sheepishly.

"You seem a little nervous, but please relax. I'm a nurse specially hired by the Admiral's Guild. I'm very professional when it comes to drawing blood. I've handled blood samples from seventy- or eighty-year-old grandpas and grandmas to seven- or eight-year-old children countless times. I'm very experienced, and it definitely won't hurt." The ship girl nurse said confidently to Xiaobai, then picked up the sharp needle and pushed it into Xiaobai's arm. "Just watch... huh?"

The ship girl nurse's words were filled with confidence.

However, in the very next second, the needle controlled by the ship girl nurse bent down the moment it touched Xiaobai's arm.

"……"noob.

"..." The ship girl nurse.

"Huh? What's wrong? Why aren't you saying anything?" Behind Xiaobai, three female admirals curiously peeked over and looked, and then they saw the needle bent down on Xiaobai's arm.

"..." The female admirals.

The scene became awkward for a moment.

"Cough cough... Yes, I'm sorry... I made a mistake. Let's try again... This time I'll definitely..." The ship girl nurse coughed awkwardly, then discarded the current needle, took out another one, and after making all the necessary preparations, inserted it into Xiaobai's arm.

as predicted.

The needle ended up bent into the shape of a mosquito coil again.

"..." The ship girl nurse's hand trembled slightly.

"Please, please wait a moment... Let me, let me try one more time..." the ship girl nurse said tremblingly, and took out another needle.

Chapter 2892 Beautiful Ship Girls

The ship girl nurse trembled slightly as she held the third needle in her hand, staring down at Shiro's smooth, fair arm. Fine beads of sweat gradually appeared on her forehead, and she looked as if she were facing a formidable enemy.

Just a minute ago, this ship girl nurse was confidently boasting to Xiaobai and his group about her skills and experience.

As a result, just one minute later, the ship girl nurse, who had failed twice in a row, was no longer confident; at this point, she was even starting to doubt her life.

Even through the trembling mask, Xiaobai could vaguely see that beneath it, the ship girl's lips were murmuring things like "Impossible, impossible..."

"This is the first time I've ever seen a needle bend during an injection."

Behind Xiaobai, Admiral Lian addressed the crowd.

"It's a rare occurrence... because I've heard that this kind of situation is generally considered a major mistake. Two major mistakes in a row don't seem like normal... I guess the nurse is under too much pressure?" Admiral Ling crossed her arms, and then turned to the ship girl nurse with a curious look, saying, "Hey ship girl, don't be too nervous. Even though we're top ten admirals, just treat us like ordinary young girls!"

"That's right, don't worry about our identities, just go ahead and do it!" Admiral Lian smiled and gave the ship girl nurse a thumbs up.

"The way you two are talking will only make the nurses more nervous."

Duan Shuiliu calmly interrupted Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling. She expressionlessly reached out and pressed down on their heads with her left and right hands respectively, dragging them behind Nanxing.

The ship girl nurse listened to Admiral Ling and Admiral Lian's words and showed an expression that made her unsure whether to cry or laugh.

"Keep a calm mind." Duan Shuiliu said simply to the ship girl nurse as he returned to Xiaobai's side.

"..." The ship girl nurse nodded gratefully.

Holding the needle, the ship girl nurse took a deep breath and gently pressed her trembling hand. After a short while, her hand gradually stopped trembling. She focused intently on Xiaobai's arm, her eyes shining with a serene light as if she were in deep meditation.

Although it's unclear how those two absurd mistakes happened before, for this third blood draw, the ship girl nurse is betting her decades of nursing experience on a successful result!

Everyone present seemed to feel the will that seemed to be willing to risk everything rising from this ship girl nurse...

"If she fails again this time, will her Dao heart collapse?" Admiral Lian sneaked up from the back of the group again. She approached Duan Shuiliu and asked in a low voice that only she could hear.

"..." Duan Shuiliu glanced at Admiral Lian.

Admiral Lian quickly covered her mouth and took two steps back.

"Okay, okay, I jinxed it, I won't say it again, I won't say it again..."

Admiral Lian grumbled as she ran to the back of the group.

Xiaobai, who was sitting in her seat, heard the conversation behind her. She quietly looked at the ship girl nurse in front of her who was staring intently at her arm, and couldn't help but wipe the sweat from her forehead with her other hand.

Xiao Bai's expression... was also somewhat tense at this moment.

broken……

The situation seems to be getting increasingly difficult.

In fact, as soon as the nurse's first needle was bent into the shape of a mosquito coil, Xiaobai, who was sitting in the chair, felt a chill run down her spine and realized that something was wrong.

It was only then that Xiaobai realized something: there was something she had subconsciously ignored for a long time.

That is... Xiaobai himself cannot control his ship equipment as freely as he can control his mental power.

The land-based ship equipment that Xiaobai carries, just like the ship equipment of ship girls or deep-sea creatures, will activate its power 24/7 to protect Xiaobai's body.

This so-called "protection," besides providing Xiaobai with the normal beauty and youthful glow buffs, also manifests in the more important aspect of safety. For example, although Xiaobai's skin currently appears as fair and smooth as a normal human girl's, and feels very soft and elastic to the touch, if someone were to use a sharp weapon to stab, poke, or even impale Xiaobai's body, they would quickly discover that when these sharp weapons are used against Xiaobai's body, her skin, in addition to the previously mentioned softness and smoothness, will continue to exhibit a powerful attribute called "toughness."

Even the sharpest and hardest metal knife can only cause a normal dent in Xiaobai's skin. It would be extremely difficult to cut open Xiaobai's skin or even leave a bloodstain on Xiaobai's body.

This is the protective capability that shipboard equipment provides to Xiaobai.

Of course, it's the same style as the ship girl and abyssal ship.

The ship girl nurses hired by the Admiral's Guild certainly weren't novices. The blood draw and injection procedure that just took place couldn't have had any problems in terms of process and operation. The reason why the needle still turned into a mosquito coil in full view of everyone, and even twice in a row... there's only one answer.

That means the needle's armor-piercing ability is too weak; this level of attack simply cannot break through Xiaobai's defense.

Xiaobai watched nervously as the nurse ship girl held the needle and moved it closer to her arm.

As the sharp, thin needle gradually approached her arm, Xiaobai became increasingly restless.

If they were normal ship girls, they could naturally control their ship equipment power and release it at will. It's as if each ship girl has a special button in her heart; when the ship girls press the button, the ship equipment power protecting their bodies will naturally dissipate, and when they release the button, the ship equipment power will return at any time.

Although Shiro and the other ship girls also have ship equipment, it is regrettable that Shiro does not have a button in her heart to control the power of the ship equipment. In other words, Shiro's body is always under the protection of the ship equipment power.

Xiaobai had no way to control the dissipation of this force...

The nurse ship girl in front of me, let alone the third injection, even if she gave the fourth, fifth, or even the sixth, seventh, eighth, or ninth, or even the hundredth injection, those needles would only turn into mosquito coils when they came into contact with the skin protected by the ship's equipment, and end their lives in misery.

The first two injections can be barely explained away as a "mistake by the ship girl nurse," but if she continues to administer the injections, even if the female admirals behind her are slow to react, they will eventually realize something is wrong as the needles bend repeatedly.

Xiao Bai turned her head to look at Nan Xing and Duan Shuiliu behind her.

Nanxing and Duan Shuiliu lowered their heads and quietly looked at Xiaobai's arm, their eyes filled with unreadable thoughts.

It was clear that they had begun to have doubts.

So... how can we avoid this situation?

Continuing with injections probably won't work...

Putting aside Admirals Lian and Ling, judging from Nanxing and Duan Shuiliu's thoughtful expressions, if the third injection also turns into a mosquito coil, they'll probably start questioning their own race... Although Xiaobai trusts these female admirals, she ultimately doesn't want her secret to be exposed under these circumstances. In short, the situation is very bad, and she needs to think of a reason to get away with this blood draw and injection...

Little White's head spun rapidly.

As Xiaobai watched the pillow for the third injection touch her skin, she nervously spoke up.

"Wait, wait a minute, I need to use the restroom..."

"Please wait a moment, senior."

Two calls rang out simultaneously from behind Xiaobai and the nurse ship girl.

The group of people who were focused on the needle suddenly froze and looked toward the two sound sources.

The nurse ship girl who was giving Xiaobai an injection looked up blankly. She first glanced at Xiaobai sitting in front of her, and then turned her head to look behind her.

Behind the nurse ship girl, another ship girl appeared, dressed in a nurse's uniform, tall and wearing a mask.

This ship girl is wearing a nurse's cap and is holding some gauze and props. Her beautiful figure is accentuated by her curvaceous figure under the tight nurse's uniform, making her exceptionally alluring. She has a pair of emerald green eyes. Even though the mask on her face covers more than 70% of her face, her green eyes, which are like the reflection of a lake, still allow people to easily imagine a stunningly beautiful woman.

"……Who are you?"

"Senior, I'm so sorry." The beautiful ship girl who had just appeared bowed to everyone, then picked up a bag wrapped in white gauze from her hands and said apologetically, "The situation is like this. Actually, when I was checking the supplies just now, I suddenly realized that the syringe needles that I sent to you earlier were overheated during the sterilization process. So I quickly brought over the normal replacement needles."

"Overheating?" The female admirals were taken aback when they heard this.

The female admirals didn't quite understand the meaning of that sentence.

But compared to the bewildered female admirals, the nurse ship girl in charge of giving injections suddenly understood upon hearing this.

"Oh dear... I knew it! It was a problem with the needle! How could you people cause such a mess at a time like this..." The nurse ship girl breathed a long sigh of relief as if a huge weight had been lifted from her shoulders. She quickly stood up, first angrily scolding the pretty ship girl, and then apologetically saying to the female admirals, "I'm really sorry, it seems our supplies weren't adequate, causing you all trouble!"

"Uh... that's nothing... but what do you mean by overheating the needle?"

The female admirals behind Xiaobai looked at each other and then asked.

"That's a method of heat sterilization. If the temperature and time are controlled properly, it can sterilize the needles. But if it's overheated, it will cause the needles to soften..."

"Softening?"

"That's what happens when it softens..." The ship girl nurse looked at the two mosquito coil needles on the table.

"I see! I was wondering how a perfectly good needle could be turned into a mosquito coil!" The female admirals standing nearby suddenly realized.

"I'm so sorry for causing you all trouble..." The ship girl nurse bowed to Shiro again.

Xiaobai raised her hand and waved, looking thoughtfully at the newly appeared pretty ship girl behind the ship girl nurse.

The beautiful ship girl was looking at him with a smile.

"Senior, here are some processed needles." After a brief exchange of glances, the beautiful ship girl handed over another batch of needles.

"Okay, thank you for your help." The ship girl nurse opened the needle, carefully examined it with her eyes, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'll take care of these overheated needles." The pretty ship girl came to the table and put away the soft needles on it.

"Um... thank you for your help."

"Oh dear, Admiral, your arm is all bruised and battered by those nasty needles!" After the pretty ship girl took away the soft needles, her gaze casually drifted to Xiaobai's arm. She walked over to Xiaobai's arm and reached out to touch it with some tenderness.

Upon hearing the pretty ship girl's words, the female admirals immediately turned to look at Xiaobai's arm.

really.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, faint bloodstains gradually appeared on Xiaobai's originally delicate arms.

"Huh? It was so clean just now, how come there are bloodstains now..." Admiral Lian exclaimed.

“Some wounds don’t show up immediately, but rather appear as the wound gradually becomes congested and bruised,” the pretty ship girl said to everyone. “Although this level of scratch should be fine, if you’re not careful, it could still leave some unsightly scars on this admiral’s beautiful arm.”

"Huh? Will it leave a scar??? Quick, quick, little cutie, get the nurse to treat the wound!"

Scars are like demons to girls.

Upon hearing this, the female admirals immediately disregarded everything else and urged Xiaobai on.

"..." Xiao Bai thoughtfully withdrew her arm, hugged it, and remained silent.

"There are some things needed to treat scars in the next room. Senior, you still need to draw blood and give injections to the other admirals, right? Then let me take this admiral next door to get treated." The pretty ship girl said to the nurse ship girl with a smile.

"...I'm sorry...thank you for your hard work." The nurse ship girl didn't dare to look directly at Shiro's arm, but nodded quickly.

The beautiful ship girl blinked her bright green eyes as she spoke to Xiaobai.

"Well then, my lovely admiral, please come with me. It won't take long."

“…Mm.” Xiaobai nodded.

"Little cutie, listen to the nurse!" Admiral Lian instructed Little White.

Xiaobai nodded goodbye to the female admirals, then followed the backs of the beautiful ship girls out of the medical examination room and went to the next room.

The next room was empty, with a faint smell of disinfectant in the air. Apart from some bottles and jars of medicine, there was no one in the room.

Chapter 2893 Why Are You Everywhere?

The pretty ship girl closed the door, turned around with a smile, and spoke to Xiaobai.

"Admiral, please find a place to sit. I'll get the medicine to treat your wounds right away."

“…No need.” Xiaobai sighed. She found a place to sit down, raised the arm she had been holding to her chest, and glanced at the bloodstains on the inside of her arm.

Xiao Bai raised her other hand and gently wiped the bloodstains on her arm.

The originally shocking bloodstains, after being gently wiped away by Xiaobai, dissolved like paint.

Little White touched the red paint with her finger, brought it to her nose, and smelled it.

—The scent of lipstick.