Elder brother's garrison

Xiao Bai looked helplessly at the female stove god.

Just then, Xiaobai suddenly felt a bright, shining gaze.

Xiao Bai turned his head and saw Hancock staring intently at him from the back of the line.

Hancock's gaze, though still as indifferent and cold as ever, was so sharp it seemed as if he wanted to dissect Little White alive.

"Hancock? Even if you look at me that hard, you won't see me split in two..."

"Admiral."

"Ok?"

“I now realize that my previous assessment of you wasn’t accurate enough,” Hancock said after a moment’s thought. “Actually, you’re quite close to the legendary image.”

"Hmm? Where is it close?"

“It’s a bit like a god,” Hancock said honestly.

"..."

"Pfft." Changchun covered his mouth and couldn't help but laugh.

"..."

Xiao Bai didn't know whether to laugh or give a bitter smile.

"You flatter me too much."

"……Um……"

Although the news of the leader of the Pure White Wings Mercenary Group returning to health did not reach the ears of the ship girls downstairs due to Xiaobai's personal wishes, the ship girls of the Pure White Mercenary Group gradually realized something today.

That's our own team leader; he seems unusually energetic today.

Just after Xiaobai and his group returned to the canteen, Commander Lin rushed down as well. As soon as he entered the canteen, he ran straight into the kitchen, picked up a roast suckling pig that was more than half a person tall, and led several roast ducks. In front of everyone, he found a corner, opened a case of beer for himself, and began to eat heartily.

While eating, Commander Lin was both crying and laughing, as if this were his last meal.

He ate a whole suckling pig alive, leaving only a skeleton. He also picked up and gnawed on several fat roast ducks. His eating habits were incredibly wild.

However, Commander Lin is just a human being after all. He's not a glutton, so how could he possibly eat so much?

By the end, although he hadn't wasted much food, he was so full he could barely walk. He swayed a couple of times while holding his round belly, and then tried to eat some more peanuts, but his body couldn't hold on any longer, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud.

When the ship girls saw this, they were so frightened that they thought Commander Lin had died from overeating, so they quickly carried him to the nearby hospital.

A day of great joy almost turned into a day of great sorrow.

Fortunately, Commander Lin was in relatively good health. Although he was so full that he almost passed out, he was able to vomit quickly and safely after being taken to the hospital and given some induced vomiting treatment.

However, before letting Commander Lin go, the doctor was still very unhappy and repeatedly told him that he was already a grown man in his forties or fifties, so how could he still be so unrestrained in his diet and lifestyle? He could even end up in the hospital just by eating a meal. He should be careful about his stomach next time he eats, so as not to end up in the hospital again, and so on.

Commander Lin was smiling when the doctor reprimanded him; he seemed particularly happy.

Chapter 3444

Hancock finally became Shiro's ship girl.

Although it all happened somewhat suddenly, the process was as natural as a breeze ripples across the water or sunlight filtering through the curtains. It was all perfectly logical and natural.

Xiaobai met Hancock for the first time just yesterday, and today she joined the newbie naval base.

Perhaps this is a kind of fate.

Regarding Xiaobai's matter, since Xiaobai had specifically instructed beforehand, it was not convenient for Commander Lin to elaborate on the details with the ship girls of the Pure White Wings Mercenary Group. In fact, the ship girls here still only regarded Xiaobai and her group as innocent bystanders who were caught up in the incident.

But Hancock will eventually go with Whitebeard.

Hancock now holds a high position in the Pure White Wings mercenary group, and she has many affairs to attend to and many official matters to handle. For such a high-ranking ship girl with important responsibilities to suddenly disappear, Commander Lin must give the ship girls an explanation.

So Commander Lin's reason was that the world is so big, and after spending some time together, Hancock decided to go out and see it with some of her newly acquainted ship girl friends.

The ship girls of the Pure White Mercenary Group were naturally reluctant to accept this explanation.

Ultimately, mercenary groups are not family-run naval bases; they are simply companies with a good atmosphere. Whether the ship girls stay or leave depends mainly on their own decisions.

Upon learning of this, the other ship girls rushed over to express their reluctance to part with Hancock.

Hancock was surprisingly popular with the Pure White Wings mercenary group, and the ship girls who came to see her off almost filled the entire hall.

The crowd was shoulder to shoulder, and Hancock was surrounded in the center, looking somewhat helpless.

Although the ship girls around her were reluctant to part with her, they did not make things difficult for her. They quickly accepted the fact that Hancock was leaving, shed some tears for her, and held her hands, sobbing as they said things like "See you later," "It's so good to know you," "Take good care of yourself in the future," "I wish you a bright future," and "We will still be best friends for life."

There is no banquet that doesn't end.

Even among the ship girls in mercenary groups, there are occasional instances of "ship girl graduation," so the ship girls are somewhat prepared for this situation.

Hancock looked at the group of ship girls in front of her, whose faces seemed to say "I may never see you again." She was immersed in the sorrowful atmosphere, her brows furrowing in discomfort. After much deliberation, Hancock first glanced at Shiro, who was smiling and watching the commotion with the other ship girls not far away, before slowly speaking. She told them that although she was leaving with someone, she would still be able to come back to visit every now and then.

The ship girls present were stunned by Hancock's answer.

In an instant, the somber atmosphere in the hall warmed up.

Oh!

So you can still come back for a visit occasionally!

Why didn't you say so sooner!

The sorrow on the ship girls' faces vanished instantly; they patted Hancock on the shoulder and smiled brightly.

The base building of the Pure White Wings mercenary group was bustling with activity all day long.

By the time Xiaobai and his group and Hancock finally managed to leave, the once clear and bright sky had darkened considerably.

When Xiaobai and his group returned to their lodgings, stretching, the TV in the living room was playing a drama. Yubari sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, her beautiful, slender arches tapping the TV remote control as she watched with great interest.

"Hey, Admiral, you're back!"

When Yubari saw Shiro and his group, she immediately sat up straight, greeted them with a smile, and then gently lifted her foot, sending the remote control flying from her clean, pretty toes into her palm.

"Yubari, did you just get off work?" Shiro asked Yubari.

"Yeah, yeah."

"Has the ship equipment research center resumed operations?"

"I recovered really quickly. I just arrived this morning and was immediately dragged to the dean's office. They nagged me for most of the day about how the organization needed me and stuff like that." Yubari said, as if pouring out his grievances. "After finally getting through the reprimand phase, several projects and research topics were thrown at me one after another. Even the TV station caught wind of this and insisted that I give a lecture on their program."

"Sounds like you had a great day too," Xiaobai said with a slight smile.

"Admiral, how was your day?" Yubari asked with a smile, neither confirming nor denying. "Where did you all go? Did you do anything interesting?"

"Nothing special," Xiaobai smiled.

"The Admiral went to the police station today and rescued the mercenary group's leader from a bunch of middle-aged men in police uniforms. Afterwards, we even went to the Pure White Wings mercenary group to join their celebration party and, incidentally, cured the mercenary group leader's chronic illness! Finally, Leader Lin performed his special skill of eating a pig in three bites for us. After the performance, we took him to the hospital, and then held a farewell party when we got back!" Behind Xiaobai, the Vessel Goddess immediately stood up, proudly crossing her arms, as if she, the Vessel Goddess, had done those things, not Xiaobai. "Oh, and by the way, there's one more important thing: Hancock has officially joined our naval base! From now on, we're a real family!"

"Goodness, Admiral, you seem to have had a more fulfilling day than I have." Yubari looked at Shiro with surprise.

Yubari wasn't too surprised that Hancock would join the newbie naval base. In her opinion, it was only a matter of time before a ship girl who could be brought into the admiral's household was taken away by him.

But Yubari never expected that Shiro's day would be so exciting.

"It's alright, actually..." Xiaobai waved her hand, smiled, and then said to Yubari, "Oh right, Hancock has joined us now. I'm taking her back to the naval base later. Do you want to come along?"

"Back to the naval base? Great! I haven't been back for months anyway." Upon hearing that they were going back to the naval base, Yubari immediately stood up and joined Shiro and his group. "Hehe, let's get going! Commuting between Kyoto and the naval base is so exciting!"

"..." Hancock looked at the crowd in front of her silently, feeling somewhat lost for a moment.

Hancock didn't quite understand what Xiaobai had said about "taking people back to the naval base later" and "commuting a long distance." She could understand these words on their own, but now that they were in the context of the conversation, she couldn't quite grasp them.

Don't other people find this conversation strange?

Hancock glanced around at the ship girls and noticed that everyone else in the room had an expression that seemed to take it all for granted.

While Hancock was feeling lost, Xiaobai and the others gradually entered the storage room.

In front of all the ship girls, Super Yamato gently raised her hand towards the glittering silver room, summoning a teleportation vortex leading to the newbie naval base out of thin air.

Hancock stared blankly at the deep teleportation vortex before her, momentarily stunned.

Her first moment of stunned silence came from the intense and rich aura of the deep sea that she had sensed from the movements of the giant Yamato.

Her second moment of stunned silence was due to the sudden appearance of the pitch-black vortex before her, as if it were magic.

“You are…” Hancock rarely showed a strange expression as she stared at Chao Yamato and tentatively began to speak.

Upon hearing this, the ship girls present all smiled knowingly, as if they had been there before.

I'm coming.

That moment has finally arrived!

"Hancock, Super-Big isn't a ship girl; she's a deep-sea dean," Xiaobai explained to Hancock with a smile.

"..." Hancock stared blankly for a few seconds.

Hancock is a civilian ship girl. The deep-sea creatures she encounters when carrying out mercenary missions are extremely rare, even deep-sea battleships and deep-sea aircraft carriers, let alone the legendary creatures, the Deep-Sea Dean.

The thought of the legendary, brutal, and terrifying Deep Sea Dean right before his eyes caused Hancock's gaze to shift several times.

"...Dean Shenhai?"

"……yes."

"...But isn't she your wedding ship?" Hancock's face was filled with incomprehension.

"Is this a conflict?" Xiaobai asked back.

"..." Hancock was rendered speechless by Little White.

like……

Indeed, there is no law stipulating that an admiral's ring can only be given to a ship girl...

This deep-sea dean named Super Yamato doesn't seem to be a vicious being after all.

Hancock was silent for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully.

"Great job, Hancock! Among all the ship girls I know, you're the fastest to accept that the Admiral is marrying the Abyssal Dean." Yubari patted Hancock on the shoulder, her face full of praise. "I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of expression you'll make in the next half hour!"

"..." Hancock.

The teleportation vortex swallowed everyone in the storage room one by one.

Amidst a violent shaking that felt like it was about to rip his soul out of his head, Hancock followed in the footsteps of the others and finally emerged from the vortex.

The moment he left the whirlpool, Hancock felt a sea breeze blowing in his face.

Hancock instinctively looked up and around.

The sea breeze smells slightly salty.

After leaving the teleportation vortex, the surrounding environment was no longer the glittering metal room, but a wide brick path that was hard to get used to at first. Tall buildings stood side by side on all sides of the path, and in the distance, the path stretched out like the trunk of a tree, with branches and leaves spreading out. Among the flowers and green leaves, colorful figures came and went frequently in twos and threes on the path.

When the passing ship girls saw Xiaobai and her group, they seemed to be used to it and greeted Xiaobai with smiles.

"Admiral, you're back!"

"Admiral!"

"Hehe, I ran into the Admiral! I can brag about it to my sisters when I get home!"

The ship girls didn't hold back their smiles, and Shiro waved back with a smile.

Only Hancock watched the scene unfold before him, his brow furrowed.

Where is this place?

Kyoto... does it have such a large complex of buildings?

Chapter 3445 The Queen of the Naval Base

Hancock's reaction was naturally observed by everyone present.

To be honest... although everyone could clearly feel the intense turmoil in Hancock's heart through the shock that almost shattered her worldview, they couldn't help but marvel at her ability to accept things as she remained silent.

"Hancock, this is our naval base," Little White said with a smile to Hancock. "This will be where you live from now on."

“That vortex just now was…” Hancock asked Little White.

"That's Super Yamato's ability, teleportation," Shiro said with a smile to Hancock. "We're now very, very far away from Kyoto."

"..."

Hancock's eyes widened slightly, then returned to normal.