Elder brother's garrison

"It seems to be someone who recently joined the temporary naval base... Hmm, it seems to be a senior ship girl from Admiral Lu Lin's side." Roma looked at the ship girl walking out not far away and said slowly, "There are many senior ship girls in the newbie naval base. What we have seen before is only a very small part. If Admiral Lu Lin has brought some more people over recently, it is normal for us not to recognize some of them."

“Hmm…so it’s a ship girl from Admiral Lu Lin’s family.” Littorio nodded.

"Who? Admiral Lu Lin's ship girl? Where? Which way?"

Just then, Veneto, who was full of fighting spirit, heard Littorio's words.

Veneto was suddenly drawn to the conversation between Littorio and Roma and quickly moved closer.

Following Littorio's directions, Veneto saw the ship girl walking out of the cafeteria. She stared at the ship girl for a few seconds, and suddenly a fierce fighting spirit ignited in her eyes!

"Oh, oh, oh, great!" Veneto suddenly exclaimed excitedly.

"Veneto? You know her?" The remaining three ship girls looked at Veneto.

“Completely—I don’t know him!” Veneto shook his head.

"Then why are you suddenly so excited?"

“It’s fate!” Veneto turned to her three younger sisters and said, “Admiral Lu Lin just told us to train with her ship girls, and we just came out and ran into a newbie ship girl from the naval base! I think this is a destined guidance! Look!”

"Veneto...you're not planning to ask her to do a rehearsal, are you?"

"Of course!"

“This isn’t a training ground, don’t cause trouble for others—” Littorio sighed. She was just about to persuade him, but the next second, Veneto, whose fighting spirit had been completely inspired by Shiro, had already run towards the ship girl who had just come out of the cafeteria.

In the blink of an eye, Veneto had already run to the side of the ship girl.

The ship girl, who had just come out of the cafeteria, was stretching and then yawned in front of her.

"Phew... I'm so full."

After leaving the cafeteria, Montana looked at the white clouds in the sky with satisfaction, stretched his limbs, and muttered to himself.

"Uh-huh?"

"That's strange. I clearly wanted to go to Missouri to talk about the missile fleet, so how did it suddenly turn into them inviting me to dinner..."

"Oh well, we've already finished eating, let's not think about these things anymore."

"After eating, we need to exercise... Hmm... Should we go see Jean Bart again...?"

"what……"

"Forget it, there's probably no one in this temporary garrison who'd be willing to do drills with me..."

Just as Montana was mocking himself, a voice suddenly called out from the direction beside him.

"Hello, fellow ship girl!"

"Hmm?" Montana looked in the direction of the sound source.

Then Montana saw a ship girl with long silver-gray hair, a cute yet mature and delicate face, a tall figure, and high fighting spirit running excitedly towards her.

"……?"Montana.

"Hello! Are you a ship girl from the newbie naval base?" Veneto ran up to Montana excitedly. She bowed to Montana first, then smiled and said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Veneto, and I am a ship girl from the Nia Naval Base."

"A newbie naval base? Oh...you mean the world's number one naval base?" Montana listened to Veneto's words, her gaze sweeping over Veneto briefly before she smiled approvingly and said, "That's right, I'm a ship girl from this naval base...um...as for Nia Naval Base, you're a ship girl from another naval base residing in this temporary naval base, right? Your name is Veneto? You seem quite nice. Nice to meet you."

Montana felt that she no longer needed to give her name.

After all, there shouldn't be any ship girl who doesn't know her in Chapter 8.

“Me too!” Veneto nodded quickly when she saw Montana smiling. “Hello! Um… I’ll get straight to the point! Since you’re a newbie ship girl from the naval base, I wonder if you’re available now?”

"Huh? Is something wrong?"

"Yes! Please practice with me!"

"..." Montana stared wide-eyed at Veneto's enthusiastic face, a hint of surprise on his expression. "...With me?"

"Yes!" Veneto nodded quickly, clenching her fist and panting as she punched the air. "Admiral Lu Lin just told me that she wants me to interact more with the senior ship girls in the newbie naval base, so I was going to the training ground to find someone to practice with, and I just happened to meet you on the way! After meeting you, I feel that we have a certain degree of fate! I wonder if you would be willing to practice with me for a few rounds!"

"Is this the Admiral's idea...?" Montana looked at Veneto's excited appearance and thought for a while, "...I see. Since it is the Admiral's idea, then I have no reason to refuse."

"Really! That's great!"

Montana looked at Veneto's happy expression, paused for a few seconds, and then spoke to Veneto.

"Well... but before the exercise, I still need to confirm one thing."

"Please tell me!"

"Are you sure you want to find me, and not the others from the rookie naval base?" Montana pointed to himself. "I don't care about myself, but are you okay?"

"Huh?" Veneto asked, bewildered. "What do you mean it's alright?"

“…Haha, looks like a well-prepared challenger.” Montana looked at Veneto’s innocent expression and laughed knowingly. “Sorry, now that you mention it, it’s actually me who wasn’t prepared.”

"what happened?"

"It's nothing, let's go to the training ground."

Montana patted Veneto on the shoulder and smiled approvingly.

Chapter 3085 Nia's Battery

"So Jinan used her abilities to find one of my ship girls who could be modified for missiles..."

"Oh oh oh-"

"Speaking of which, I also encountered this when I was coordinating the appointment letter for the admiral with the admiral headquarters..."

"Oh oh oh-"

"Ah, me too, me too! I remember encountering someone using a fully equipped destroyer in the sixth chapter during a practice exercise..."

"Alas--"

In Nia's dormitory, Xiaobai and his two friends were having a lively conversation.

Just as the three were sharing their experiences during this period, and getting into the conversation, suddenly, footsteps came from the corridor outside the dormitory.

Soon, a petite figure ran to the dormitory door and shouted to the admirals inside.

"Commander, no, something terrible has happened!"

The three admirals, who were chatting, were all taken aback.

They turned around and saw Nia's ship girl Javelin panting heavily at the dormitory entrance, her face flushed as she leaned against the wall.

"Huh? Javelin?" Nia looked at the destroyer that had suddenly rushed in, somewhat surprised. "What's wrong? What happened?"

"Ah... Admiral Lu, Admiral Lu Lin is here too..." Javelin gasped for breath, finally catching her breath. She bowed awkwardly to Xiaobai, then raised her two slender arms and waved them at everyone. "Commander, no, something bad has happened! Sister Veneto—our Veneto sister—she just got back and went to fight with Admiral Lu Lin's ship girls at the training ground!"

“Oh…you mean this?” Nia exchanged a glance with Xiaobai after hearing Javelin’s words, and then laughed. “It’s nothing, just a normal exercise. Xiaobai personally instructed us to do this exercise.”

"No, it's not that simple!" Javelin shook his head nervously.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"The most crucial thing is, why did Sister Veneto have to choose that one for the practice?!" Javelin waved her arms, her little face flushed with anxiety, and said, on the verge of tears, "Montana! Sister Montana! The person practicing with Sister Veneto is Sister Montana!"

"Huh? Montana—"

Upon hearing Javelin's words, Nia and Xiaobai, who had been relaxed just moments before, suddenly froze.

"Huh? Montana?" Xiaobai looked at Javelin in surprise. "Wasn't Montana with Missouri and the others in the cafeteria?"

"Listen, Veneto said that they seemed to have met Montana at the cafeteria entrance! Then Veneto casually asked Montana for a spot in the exercise!"

"Ah this..."

Seeing Javelin's anxious expression, Xiaobai quickly stood up as well.

"Montana, Xiaobai, is Montana the ship girl you're talking about?" Nia asked Xiaobai, somewhat bewildered. "The one... the super powerful ship girl that all the admirals in Chapter 8 tried to defeat for months without success?"

“Yeah…” Xiaobai nodded at Nia with a wry smile, “Oh dear… why did Veneto end up going to Montana…”

"Uh... is it dangerous to conduct exercises with Montana?"

“That’s not it…” Xiaobai paused for a moment, then gave a helpless bitter smile and said, “But the difference in their strength is just too great. Montana probably won’t be able to give Veneto anything right now, except for a devastating blow…”

"Eh?"

"It's not exactly serious, but it's probably not easy either..." Xiaobai gave a helpless wry smile, then shook his head. "I thought Veneto wouldn't run into Montana, so I didn't specifically mention it to her. Who knew she would actually run into Montana... Sigh, never mind, I'll go check out the training grounds..."

Xiao Bai got up.

After Xiaobai finished speaking, he started to walk towards the dormitory door.

As Nia watched Xiaobai leave the dormitory, she quickly stood up and raised her hand to call out to Xiaobai behind her.

"Little White, then, then I'll also—*s ...

As Nia was speaking, suddenly, Xiaobai walked out of the dormitory gate, turned a corner, and disappeared from Nia's sight.

Then, Nia's eyes flickered, and she suddenly collapsed off the bed like a deflated balloon, falling to the floor.

Fortunately, Luo Lian, who was sitting next to Nia, reacted quickly and caught Nia first, thus preventing Nia from falling onto the cold floor.

"Ok?"

Hearing the commotion inside, Xiaobai outside the door immediately retreated and looked at Xiaobai and Luo Lian inside in surprise.

"Nia? What's wrong?"

"It's alright, she probably just twisted her ankle." Luo Lian held Nia, reached out and flipped Nia's eyelids, then nodded, looked up at Xiao Bai and smiled slightly, saying, "Xiao Bai, Nia is fine, don't worry about us, you go to the training ground first."

"Huh? Well... oh, okay, I'll go now... see you later?"

Xiao Bai looked at Luo Lian, then at Nia nestled in Luo Lian's arms with a questioning look. She nodded with some doubt, glanced at Javelin who was still anxiously waiting for her in the corridor, and then followed Javelin away.

Xiao Bai's footsteps gradually faded away and finally disappeared into the corridor.

After Xiaobai left.

Luo Lian breathed a sigh of relief.

"Huh? Commander, what's going on?"

Taihou's voice then rang out.

Nia's family, including Taifeng and Cleveland, who had been silently playing the background in the room, came up and looked at Nia, who was not moving, with concern.

Nia, nestled in Luo Lian's arms, bit her tongue, rolled her eyes, and seemed utterly weak, as if all her bones had been removed.

what happened?

Why did this happen all of a sudden?

"Son... could he be sick?" Cleveland asked with concern.

"No, no way... Commander's health has always been very good, hasn't it?" Taihou was also lying on the bed, carefully checking on Nia's condition.

The two ship girls turned Nia over and over, but still couldn't figure it out, so they could only look to Luo Lian.

Luo Lian shrugged.

“I know what you’re going to ask. Nia is fine,” Luo Lian said. “This is just a manifestation of a long-term lack of Xiaobai’s energy.”

"Huh? But just now the Commander was..."

“She hasn’t seen Xiaobai for months. How can the energy she’s lacking from Xiaobai be replenished in just a few hours?” Luo Lian sighed. “Nia was fine just now because Xiaobai was by her side, but as soon as Xiaobai leaves her, Nia will immediately stop working like a machine that has been unplugged.”

"Oh... then, what should we do?"

"Don't panic, it's not a big problem." Luo Lian shook her head. "At times like this, as long as you replenish your Little White Energy, you'll be fine."

"Huh? Cramming..."

Taifeng and Cleveland exchanged glances, then looked at Luo Lian with puzzled expressions.

Luo Lian patted Nia on the shoulder, raised her chin towards the two ship girls, and gestured to a corner of the room.

"You two, help me lift your commander up."

"Oh oh oh, okay!"

Da Feng and Cleveland stepped forward, one supporting Nia's arm and the other grabbing her calf, lifting her from Luo Lian's arms.

"Admiral Luo Lian, what should we do now? Should we take the commander to find Admiral Lu Lin?"

"That's too much trouble, I won't use it for now."

"That, that missing Admiral Lu Lin's energy..."