Elder brother's garrison

"Oh dear... we've been playing for so long, it's getting boring if we keep going." Washington said with a smile, one hand on his lower back. "Besides, isn't it almost lunchtime?"

"..." Xiaobai smiled helplessly.

Washington is surprisingly gentle in some unexpected ways.

"Oh, right, Admiral." Washington smiled at Xiaobai and suddenly remembered something, so he asked Xiaobai.

"how?"

"Come a little over here." Washington glanced at Nanxing, who was resting, and pointed to an open space not far away. "Is that alright?"

Little White followed Washington's finger and looked in that direction. Although she wasn't quite sure what Washington was going to do, she nodded nonetheless.

"Okay."

Xiaobai and Washington left the mat and went to a nearby reef.

Under the scorching sun, the sweat on Washington's face was exceptionally glistening.

Little White took out a handkerchief and handed it to Washington.

"Oh! Thank you, Admiral." Washington smiled as he took the white handkerchief from Xiaobai and wiped the sweat from his face. "The Admiral's handkerchief smells so good, it has a scent of osmanthus."

"Cough cough..." Xiaobai clenched his fist and coughed twice, covering his mouth with the base of his thumb. "So... anyway, why did you call me here? Why are you being so mysterious, and why do you want me to avoid Akagi and Nanxing?"

“I didn’t specifically try to avoid their thoughts… but what we’re about to discuss does seem a bit inconvenient to say in front of Miss Nanxing.” Washington tucked the handkerchief into his pocket, smiled at Xiaobai, and said, “Ah… I’ll take this handkerchief back, wash it, and return it to you, Admiral.”

Little White looked at Washington helplessly.

"So... what is it?"

"It's about Miss Nanxing." Washington glanced in the direction of Nanxing and Akagi Abyss and said, "Is today... really the first time Miss Nanxing has used her ship equipment?"

"That's what she said," Xiaobai nodded.

"That would be interesting."

"what's wrong?"

"In the exercise just now, Miss Nanxing's ship equipment level was significantly higher than that of the average ship girl. Her control of the carrier-based aircraft was exceptionally smooth, and the tactics she used were also very comprehensive," Washington said thoughtfully. "She doesn't seem like a ship girl who has just acquired her ship equipment; rather, she seems to be a ship girl with rich combat experience..."

"Her ship equipment is her mother's; it's probably a mother-daughter inheritance. She inherited her aunt's ship equipment training as well," Xiaobai thought, then said to Washington. "As for carrier-based aircraft techniques... Sister Nanxing is an excellent admiral. Even if she hasn't done it herself, she's seen how it works, so I think she should know what techniques an aircraft carrier girl should use to attack..."

“That makes sense…” Washington rested his chin on his hand and winked at Xiaobai. “However, Admiral… what you just said can only explain that Miss Nanxing has the strength of a top-tier ship girl at most. But her performance in the exercise just now, after a little practice with me, clearly exceeded the level of a top-tier ship girl.”

Little White paused for a moment after hearing Washington's words.

"Eh?"

"The realm beyond top-tier ship girls isn't something you can easily achieve through inheritance," Washington said. "I'm not bragging, but even in the newbie naval base, there are definitely no more than twenty ship girls who can fight me like this. It goes without saying that outside the naval base... So, are you sure that the strength Miss Nanxing just displayed was obtained from her mother?"

"Uh..." Xiaobai was confused.

Washington's words did indeed make Xiaobai feel like he had suddenly noticed a blind spot.

Washington is absolutely right.

Even if Nanxing is a ship girl genius, even if she inherited her training level from her mother's ship equipment, and even if she usually studies the combat techniques of aircraft carrier ship girls, no matter what, today's battle is her first real combat experience in her life.

From a purely practical standpoint, Nanxing's performance was far too good.

She was able to reach the level of a novice naval garrison ship girl in just a few hours, and she fought against Washington for so long without suffering a defeat.

Such a performance is truly unbelievable.

"So... Washington, what do you think?" Little White asked Washington tentatively.

“I didn’t suspect anything.” Washington shrugged and said to Xiaobai, “But Admiral… I heard from Miss Nanxing that you installed her ship equipment… so… is it possible that Miss Nanxing’s excellent performance is related to you, Admiral?”

"Me?" Xiaobai pointed to himself, stunned.

"That's it."

"I didn't have anything with Sister Nanxing..." Xiaobai was about to retort, but suddenly, she stopped talking as an idea flashed through her mind.

Huh?

and many more……

Speaking of which, when I was installing ship equipment on Nanxing...did I use my mental energy to infuse her body the whole time?

The last person to have ship equipment installed was Shropshire. After the ship equipment was installed, due to the large amount of spiritual energy received, the admiral's mark of Shiro appeared directly in Shropshire's body, and she naturally became Shiro's ship girl.

If Nanxing is also like that... doesn't that mean...?

Thinking of this, Xiaobai turned to look at Nanxing.

Chapter 3274 Favorite Color

Nanxing was resting on the beach, large drops of sweat sliding down her snow-white cheeks, unable to conceal the relaxed and contented expression on her face.

Xiao Bai gazed at Nanxing, a flurry of thoughts flashing through his mind.

"Admiral?" Washington asked, noticing that Xiaobai hadn't spoken for a while. "Have you thought of anything?"

"Huh? Oh..." Xiaobai snapped out of her reverie, looked at Washington, thought for a moment somewhat awkwardly, and nodded in reply, "I do have some ideas..."

"Is it something I can know?" Washington pointed to himself.

"When I was installing the ship equipment on Sister Nanxing, I infused her with a lot of spiritual energy to help her body temperature return to normal," Xiaobai said.

"Oh—" Upon hearing this, Washington immediately realized what was going on. He then looked at Xiaobai with a half-smile and dragged out the "oh" sound, as if he understood something. "Then I understand, Admiral."

"What do you know? You're not allowed to know anything." Xiaobai pouted immediately.

"Alright, alright, I don't understand." Washington laughed, putting a finger to her lips. "Oh, don't worry, I'll keep it a secret! Don't you trust my mouth, Admiral? I'll keep it a secret!"

"Sigh... Let's go back first." Little White looked at Washington's appearance, opened his mouth as if to say something but then stopped, and finally sighed helplessly.

Xiaobai and Washington left the reef and returned to the mat.

On the mat, Akagi, who was fanning Nanxing, saw Shiro return. She put down her fan and smiled at the two of them.

"My lord, Miss Washington, you are back."

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded.

"What did Master and Miss Washington talk about just now?" Akagi asked with a smile. "So mysterious, and they even went to such a far place."

“We…” Xiaobai looked at Nanxing and opened her mouth.

"Hmph, I was just asking the Admiral what color underwear he likes." Washington's words were surprising, leaving both Akagi and Nansei stunned.

Nanxing stared at Xiaobai with bright, shining eyes and sweat dripping down his face.

"So... what color does the master like?" Akagi asked, covering her mouth.

“I specifically pulled them over to ask, how can I just tell you the answer?” Washington said to the two men matter-of-factly, supporting his back. “If you want to know, pull the admiral over and whisper it to him.”

"I understand now," Akagi Shinkai smiled gently.

Nanxing withdrew her gaze, nodded slightly, and glanced at Xiaobai out of the corner of her eye.

Xiao Bai looked at Washington helplessly, then sighed inwardly at Washington's smug smile, before squatting down and approaching Nan Xing.

"Sister Nanxing, how was your rest?" Xiaobai gently placed her palm on Nanxing's damp hand and asked, "Are you still tired?"

Nanxing's skin was soft and fair. Even when she was sweating, it didn't feel sticky at all. Instead, it felt like touching a wet white jade bottle.

It has a unique flavor.

Nanxing watched as Xiaobai pressed her sweaty palms as if they were strangers. Her face flushed slightly, and she tried to pull her palms back towards her, then shook her head.

"I'm a little tired, but it's okay," Nanxing said, pausing for a moment before adding, "I feel great after exercising."

"I see." Xiaobai murmured, her gaze quietly fixed on Nanxing's palm.

Just now, Xiaobai secretly used the Admiral's Network to probe into Nanxing's body through her palm.

Nanxing's body has already taken on the shape of a ship girl.

Logically, she should be extremely sensitive to mental probing at this moment. If someone touches her body with mental energy, she should definitely sense it. However, perhaps because Nanxing has been frequently exposed to Xiaobai's mental energy since the last ship equipment installation surgery, she has become highly adapted to it. Or perhaps because Nanxing has absorbed a large amount of Xiaobai's mental energy, and her body subconsciously regards Xiaobai's mental energy as her own, she completely failed to notice when Xiaobai's mental energy entered her body this time, as she was slightly distracted talking to Xiaobai.

With a slurp.

A wisp of Xiaobai's spiritual energy entered Nanxing's body and began to roam within it.

Since Nanxing's ship equipment was successfully installed, Xiaobai had not carefully examined Nanxing's body. This time, after a thorough examination, Xiaobai indeed found a shiny admiral's mark in a starry mental world.

Upon finding the admiral's mark, Xiaobai almost stopped breathing.

Even Nanxing in the real world noticed that Xiaobai's expression was somewhat complicated, and a layer of fine sweat began to appear on his forehead.

"What's wrong?" Nanxing asked worriedly, taking Xiaobai's hand in hers. "Is it very hot?"

“…No…no…” Xiaobai came back to her senses, smiled at Nanxing, then pursed her lips and quietly dispersed the wisp of spiritual energy that had entered Nanxing’s body.

As soon as Xiaobai's spiritual power dispersed, it transformed into pure spiritual power, which was quickly absorbed by Nanxing's body.

Just as Xiaobai's spiritual energy was absorbed by Nanxing, on the other side of the real world, Washington and Akagi clearly felt that Nanxing's tired eyes brightened up instantly.

Akagi picked up her folding fan, gently pressed the tip to her lips, and looked thoughtfully at Nanxing and Xiaobai. After a while, she seemed to have figured something out, and a sweet smile appeared on her face.

Xiao Bai also let go of Nan Xing's hand.

Xiao Bai tried her best to keep her expression calm, but her heart was filled with complicated emotions as she looked at Nan Xing.

To everyone's surprise, Nanxing actually had his own admiral's mark inside his body.

In other words, I've unknowingly become the "Admiral" of Nanxing...

This whole thing is really...

Xiao Bai was speechless.

To be fair, if we only consider Nanxing as a ship girl, then Xiaobai was naturally happy when he learned that Nanxing had his admiral's mark inside her.

Xiaobai likes pretty older sisters.

And Xiaobai also likes Nanxing.

This development is exactly what Xiaobai wants.

However, there is one difference. Although Nanxing is indeed in the body of a ship girl, her identity is that of a top ten admiral. The fact that a top ten admiral has been secretly turned into a ship girl is already sensational enough. But if you also implant an admiral's mark into this top ten admiral, the matter suddenly becomes extremely complicated.

More importantly, Nanxing and Xiaobai are inseparable best friends. If they were suddenly made to be superior and subordinate, Xiaobai would feel really awkward.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai couldn't hold back any longer and sighed.

"What's wrong?" Nanxing noticed Xiaobai's expression and asked.

"Uh...no, it's nothing." Xiaobai didn't dare to look Nanxing in the eye and continued, "It's probably the weather...it's a bit hot."

“So…” Nanxing stared at Xiaobai’s face and spoke.

Nanxing was completely unaware that Xiaobai's admiral's mark was inside her body. Seeing Xiaobai sighing and looking downcast, she assumed that Xiaobai's earlier complaint about the hot weather was true, so she spoke up.

"I also feel it's hot...why don't we go take a break?"

"Okay!" Xiaobai quickly agreed. "It's lunchtime, how about we go grab some food?"

"Okay." Nanxing pursed her lips and nodded.

Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief. She stood up and said to Washington and Deep Sea Akagi, "Let's go together, okay?"

"Oh, I won't be going," Washington said, raising his hand and smiling.

"Huh? What's wrong?" Everyone looked at Washington.

“I’m an instructor, after all… those brats haven’t finished training yet, how can I leave the training ground alone?” Washington pointed to the training ground behind him with his thumb.

Everyone looked towards the training ground, where a group of ship girls were running around the edge of the water, drenched in sweat.

"What about lunch..." Xiaobai asked.

"I'll just eat with those brats, Admiral, don't mind me," Washington laughed.

"All right……"

Since Washington has brought this up, Xiaobai and his group will not insist.

Xiao Bai, along with Nan Xing and Shen Hai Chi Cheng, got up, said goodbye to Washington, and then left the training ground.

Nanxing's clothes were soaked with sweat, and her figure was rather voluptuous and eye-catching, so that walking down the street in such a manner frequently attracted the attention of the ship girls around her.

In order to be more comfortable during lunch, Xiaobai quickly took out the quick repair device and put it on Nanxing's body, helping her return to a clean and dry state.

This quick-repair device is truly versatile and works wonderfully.