Elder brother's garrison

"Come on, let's go out, come on!" Warspite took a few steps forward, grabbed Luo Lian's arm, and was about to leave.

Luo Lian was pulled off the bed by Yan Zhan.

“Why can’t we talk about this here? We’re all family here,” Luo Lian said.

"It's a private matter, it's a private matter!"

“Personal matters…” Luo Lian murmured, her gaze sweeping over everyone present, “Personal matters aren’t necessarily unacceptable…”

Luo Lian wanted to explain something, but seeing the extremely serious expression on Yan Zhan's face, she kept quiet.

Luo Lian thought for a moment and then spoke to Xiao Bai and Nia.

"Xiaobai, Nia, I'm going out with Warspite for a bit."

"Understood." Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

“I, I’ll be waiting for you here…” Nia quickly added.

"Um……"

Luo Lian nodded, and then, like a puppet, she let Zhan Yan drag her out of the dormitory.

After greeting the two admirals in the dormitory, Warspite quickly pulled Luo Lian into the corridor, winding its way until they were far away from Xiao Bai's dormitory entrance before stopping.

After running into a corner, Warspite released Luo Lian's wrist. She took a deep breath, then sighed and looked back at Luo Lian helplessly.

Luo Lian rubbed her wrist, looking at Warspite with curiosity.

“Admiral…” Warspite looked at Luo Lian’s indifferent expression, hesitated, and then opened her mouth, “You…you…don’t you have any sense of crisis…”

"Sense of crisis?"

“Yes, I heard from Admiral Lu Lin that Admiral Nia has already become one of the top ten admirals!” Warspite spread her arms and said to Luo Lian, “It hasn’t been that long! Admiral, you need to be more aware of the situation, you need to step up your game!”

“Me?” Luo Lian pointed to herself.

"Yes," Warspite said earnestly to Luo Lian, "Actually, I'm not a gold digger. After following you, Admiral, I've adopted the attitude of 'marrying a chicken and following a dog,' but just because I don't mind doesn't mean Admiral Lu Lin doesn't mind... If you keep loafing around and not striving for anything, who knows, one day Admiral Lu Lin might be disappointed in you and run off with Admiral Nia!"

"...?"

Looking at Yan Zhan's serious expression, Luo Lian was initially puzzled, but then she suddenly realized what was going on.

Luo Lian seemed to understand something.

A slight smile appeared on Luo Lian's lips.

"War-weariness, you're right."

"Oh, it's good that you understand, Admiral!" Warspite quickly said. "Actually, with your strength, I feel that even if we're not in the top ten, we should be able to break into the top one hundred within two or three years!"

“Top 100…” Luo Lian pinched her chin, looking at Warspite, “Hmm… that’s still a bit far from my current ranking.”

"That's definitely far," Warspite sighed. "Our current world ranking is around 9,000... oh right, Admiral, what's our naval base's ranking again?"

"fifth."

Nine thousand five?

"No, it's the fifth."

“Fifth…” Warspite nodded, continuing the conversation, “Well, that’s true, after all, fifth is still behind more than a hundredth place…”

The speaker stopped abruptly at the end of his statement about war weariness.

Warspite opened its eyes, blinked dryly, then raised its head and stared blankly at Luo Lian.

"Wait a minute..."

"Admiral, say that again?"

How many of us are there now?

Chapter 3312 Ship Girls and Admirals

Ship girls naturally have excellent hearing. Even if they are blind, they would never have trouble hearing what the person in front of them is saying.

But Warspite stared blankly, hands behind his ears, looking as if he was too old to hear anything.

"Admiral...you, say it again, what number are we?" Warspite murmured.

“Fifth,” Luo Lian replied, taking out her phone.

"Admiral... what time is it? You're not kidding me..."

“I’m not joking,” Luo Lian replied. “If you don’t believe me, go check the world rankings yourself.”

After saying this, Luo Lian threw her phone at Warspite.

Warspite caught the phone in a flustered manner. She held it blankly, then swallowed hard, gently picked out a strand of hair that was pressed between her lips with her little finger, and looked at the phone screen.

On Luo Lian's phone screen was the world leaderboard of the Admiral app.

The world rankings have been completely revamped. The names of every naval base in the top ten are shining brightly, golden and resembling magnificent palaces.

Warwear first looked toward the world's tenth position.

The tenth garrison in the world, Nia Garrison.

Upon seeing the five large characters "Nia Naval Base," Warspite subconsciously swallowed, then looked up.

Nia moved her gaze upwards, looking at each one one by one, until she saw the world's fifth naval base.

Upon seeing the name of the fifth largest naval base in the world, Warspite, who was tense, suddenly paused, and the tension on his face disappeared.

Warspite held his phone, frowned, and tilted his head.

Huh?

its not right.

The name of the fifth garrison in this world is not Luo Lian Garrison, is it?

...Is that big shot still pretending to be a newbie at the naval base?

Isn't this President Noga's naval base?

Hey.

Could it be... that I've been tricked by the admiral again?

Well! This admiral is actually trying to mess with me at a time like this!

Her war-weariness inexplicably eased, but at the same time she felt an emptiness in her heart, as if some expectation had been dashed.

"Admiral! I knew it! How could we possibly break into the world's top ten with our current conditions?! You were lying to me! Isn't this the guild leader's naval base?! What does it have to do with us?!" Warspite let out a long sigh, gripping her phone and waving it angrily at Luo Lian. "Admiral, you're always like this, never considering the atmosphere when you're joking! If I hadn't been prepared this time, I might have actually fallen for your trick!"

"..." Luo Lian leaned against the wall behind her, tilting her head slightly as if she were observing something, watching Warspite huff and puff as she complained to herself.

"Admiral, it's already this late, how come you still have no ambition at all!"

"Admiral Nia has already become the tenth admiral in the world! And you're still messing with me!"

"Even the emperor isn't worried, but the eunuchs are!"

"Seriously, we really need to work hard to improve our ranking!"

"Admiral, you're so amazing, how can you just waste your time like this? What's so great about those ship equipment gadgets anyway?!"

"I've been really worried about you and Lu Linti..."

"..."

As expected of someone skilled with words, Warspite could launch into a long tirade against Luo Lian for over ten minutes without repeating a single sentence.

It's clear that Yan Zhan has indeed harbored a lot of resentment towards Luo Lian over the past few years.

Luo Lian listened quietly to Yan Zhan's complaints without offering any explanation or interruption.

Several ship girls skipped and hopped up the corridors.

The ship girls turned their heads and saw Luo Lian and Warspite. They paused for a moment, then their eyes lit up.

"Admiral! Isn't this the Admiral?!"

"Hey! Admiral! What are you doing here!"

"I'm... um?" Warspite was frantically attacking Luo Lian when she heard the calls from the ship girls beside her. She suddenly paused, then closed her mouth and turned to look behind her.

Four ship girls, who looked like high school girls, were waving their snow-white hands at Luo Lian with friendly smiles as they skipped and hopped over.

These ship girls have innocent and carefree expressions, full of energy, but the aura emanating from them is exceptionally solid and powerful, clearly indicating that they are high-ranking ship girls who have undergone rigorous training and possess considerable strength.

Hmm... who are these people?

What did they just call their admiral?

Admiral?

Weary of war and lost.

According to the ship girls' habits, when addressing someone else's admiral, they usually add a name before the admiral, such as Admiral Nia or Admiral Lu Lin. However, the ship girls usually omit the name before the admiral and just call him "admiral" because that's how they address their own people.

Where did these girls come from?

Who are you calling?

Isn't my own admiral just myself and Des Moines, two ship girls?

War-weary was curious.

On the other side, Luo Lian spoke casually.

Luo Lian crossed her arms and gently turned her head toward the ship girls.

"Yes, I'm chatting with the secretary ship."

"Eh??? Secretary ship? Could it be... Could this be Warspite?" Upon hearing Luo Lian's words, the ship girls exclaimed in surprise. Their faces lit up with delight and longing, and they immediately rushed forward, surrounding Warspite. "Warspite! You're Warspite! Wow—we've finally met you!! Nice to meet you!!!"

After the ship girls finished speaking, they bowed deeply to Warspite at an angle of more than ninety degrees, and then raised their innocent and cheerful smiles, which were full of affection and flattery.

Warspite was bewildered by what he saw.

The ship girls who came forward to greet me warmly, both in terms of their demeanor and the aura of high-level ship equipment that emanated from their bodies, made Warspite feel a little intimidated.

Compared to these ship girls, Warspite felt like a harmless little lamb.

She instinctively covered her hands.

"Uh... everyone... who are you all, sisters..." Warspite retreated behind Luo Lian somewhat shyly, cautiously looking at the ship girls in front of her.

"Huh?" The ship girls present looked at Warspite who was retreating and suddenly became curious. They turned to look at Luo Lian and asked, "Admiral, didn't you tell Warspite about us?"

"I was just about to say that," Luo Lian shrugged and nodded. "Perfect, why don't you all introduce yourselves?"

"Oh! I see, it seems we've arrived just in time!"

Upon hearing this, the ship girls immediately burst into laughter.

Then the ship girls stood in a neat row, their rosy little faces smiling as they looked at Warspite and bowed to her in unison.

"Hello, Warspite Sister, I'm Mikuma!"

"Hello, Warspite Sister, I'm Reiya!"

"Mogami!"

"Kumano!"

"We are—the four-person crew of the Mogami-class heavy cruisers! We are Warspite's cutest juniors!"

The four ship girls uttered the last sentence in unison, each striking a cute pose. Their lifelike appearance, combined with their sailor uniforms, made them look like real Japanese high school girls.

"……what?"

Warspite was dumbfounded.

What's going on? These four heavy cruiser ship girls in front of me are clearly highly skilled and have a wealth of combat experience... Are they my juniors?

What's going on?

War-weary turned to look at Luo Lian.

Luo Lian finally stood up at this moment, patted her back, and walked to the middle of Warspite and the four heavy cruiser girls.

"Simply put, they are the latest fresh blood in our naval base," Luo Lian introduced. "Besides them, our naval base currently has about seventy or eighty people. The number is not large, but the future is promising."

"Hehe... If we were a little stronger, we could be of help to the Admiral..." The heavy cruiser ship girls scratched their heads shyly and stuck their tongues out at Luo Lian.