Elder brother's garrison

“What’s wrong with her all of a sudden?” Bismarck asked the crowd, pointing at Hood.

"Haha...it should be fine, it's nothing." Everyone smiled. "They probably just got dizzy from the teleportation vortex, they'll be fine after a while."

Hearing everyone's answers, Bismarck nodded.

……

Hood quickly calmed down, though at the cost of nearly rubbing Tirpitz's face raw.

"Now that everyone's here, when shall we set off?" Bismarck asked Little White.

"Ah... well..." Xiaobai opened her mouth and thought for a while.

"The shops and entertainment venues in Chapter City open at 10:20 AM," Iowa replied with a smile for Xiaobai. "Now that all the sisters are here, how about we leave at 10:00 AM?"

"Us?" Bismarck looked at Iowa after hearing her words. "Are you going too?"

"Yes, if you ladies don't mind, I will serve as your temporary tour guide for this special date at the naval base," Iowa said with a smile, patting her chest.

"A date..." Upon hearing those two words, Hood felt as if she had been electrocuted, and she almost wanted to rub Tirpitz's face again.

“Yes, Iowa is the secretary ship for Chapter 8. Because of her job, she should know a lot about the situation here. It will be much easier for her to be our guide,” Lexington said with a smile.

“Thank you for your trust, Sister Lexington.” Iowa looked at Lexington.

"You're welcome."

"As your tour guide, I will do my best to ensure you enjoy this... trip." Iowa said politely to everyone. When she got to the last two words, she wanted to say the word "date" again, but when her eyes fell on Hood's cautious face, she smiled and changed her words.

Hood breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, with Iowa here, at least we don't have to worry about this trip going to be a disaster," Hood said to the group. "If it were some other people, they'd probably suggest going out to sea to fight deep-sea ships to relax halfway through the trip."

"Isn't it fun?" Bismarck asked Hood.

"This is a special occasion for everyone to go out and have fun!" Hood gritted her teeth. "Everyone has carefully prepared their outfits, and these aren't ship uniforms. What if they get ruined or dirty during a fight! And the makeup too..."

Hood then launched into another long-winded lecture to Bismarck.

Bismarck blinked his big eyes, letting the words go in one ear and out the other, feeling his brain working and then shutting down at the same time.

"Oh."

Finally, Bismarck nodded, indicating his understanding.

"Sister, sister, are you going out with Little White later?" Saratoga sensed something crucial and cautiously tugged at Lexington's arm, asking her.

"Yes."

"Can I go?" Saratoga asked quickly.

"Well... there are only a limited number of tickets available, so you'll have to stay here, Saratoga." Lexington patted Saratoga's head apologetically.

"How could this be..." Saratoga lowered her head pitifully, utterly dejected, upon hearing that there was no place for her.

"Admiral, now that everyone's here, I'll head back to the temporary naval base." Yamato glanced at the people around her, then cautiously raised her hand to Shiro, saying, "Yamato-neechan and the others should be waiting for me at home..."

"Okay, sure." Shiro gave Super Yamato an OK sign and said with a smile, "Have fun too, Super Yamato."

She nodded apologetically, bowed to everyone to say goodbye, and then left the game room, jogging towards the end of the corridor.

"Saratoga, let's get together again next time if we have the chance," Shiro said with a smile to Saratoga after watching her depart.

"Um..." Saratoga leaned pitifully against Lexington, and could only nod in agreement to the little white dog, "Then, next time for sure."

Lexington smoothed Saratoga's flowing blond hair and couldn't help but smile.

“It’s about time now, let’s head out.” Iowa put her hands together and smiled at the three senior ship girls, Bismarck and Shiro, and said, “Although there’s still some time before those entertainment venues open, we can go to a nearby coffee shop and have a cup of coffee to enjoy the leisurely atmosphere of the morning before they open.”

“I can,” Bismarck nodded.

"Do you have black tea in the coffee shop?" Hood asked.

"Yes, of course."

"Hmm, that's not bad." Hood smiled.

"Speaking of which, if you leave so early, will there be any problems with the work at the guild?" Lexington asked.

"Don't worry, Sister Lexington, I've arranged everything." Iowa replied with a smile.

“You were prepared,” Lexington said, looking at Iowa with considerable admiration.

"Thank you for the compliment, Lexington!"

The group chatted as they left the game room.

"Gaga, be good while you're alone in the game room," Lexington said, waving to Saratoga.

Saratoga leaned pitifully against the doorframe, watching like a rock as the group of little white figures waved goodbye, walked away, and disappeared.

Only after she could no longer see or hear anyone else did Saratoga stagger back to Tirpitz's side, collapsing to the ground with a thud. Her golden hair was scattered and messy, and her slender figure lay on her side, looking like a pure young girl who had been assassinated, exceptionally beautiful and tragic.

"oops----"

Saratoga made a sound as if she had been thrown into a dark room.

"Sarah, keep going! We're here for you!" Enterprise crouched down next to Saratoga, clenched her fist, and said earnestly, "Whatever game you want to play today, we'll play it!"

Saratoga was completely deaf to the company's flowers; she struggled and writhed on the ground, crawling and wriggling.

Tirpitz put down the controller and looked back at the humanoid creature wriggling on the ground.

“If you want to follow Little White, then sneak over there,” Tirpitz said to Saratoga. “Anyway, this isn’t the first time you’ve done this.”

“That’s right.” Enterprise nodded in agreement, saying, “The Admiral spoils you a lot. If you really went with Sara, she wouldn’t force you to come back.”

"Ugh..." Saratoga's writhing body stopped. She was silent for a moment, then let out a mournful cry, rolled over on the ground, her face full of grievance. "Never mind."

"how?"

"My sister finally has a chance to play with Xiaobai. If I go over there, I'll be disturbing them," Saratoga said pitifully.

“…I didn’t expect you to be so understanding.” Tirpitz said, looking at Saratoga.

"Because my sister rarely goes out!" Saratoga said quickly, bracing herself on the floor.

"Okay, okay." Tirpitz nodded and picked up the controller in her hand. "Let's play games together later."

"Um……"

"But you'll have to wait two hours before you can play the game."

"What are you going to do?"

"Sigh... Yesterday, my sister forced me to stay in bed, so I didn't even get to participate in the game event. I need to log on and check if it's over yet." Tirpitz sighed, exiting her current game and switching to the nautical-themed game she'd played before bed. "This event was supposed to be an anniversary celebration, and I was hoping to climb the rankings, but it ended like this..."

Tirpitz was speaking when he suddenly stopped and couldn't finish his sentence.

Saratoga, who was lying on the ground, and Enterprise, who was squatting to the side, waited for a long time but did not hear Tirpitz's next words. They looked up curiously.

"Tirpitz, what's wrong?"

"nothing."

Tirpitz shook his head.

Looking at the game screen, where her account ranked first on the leaderboard after the event, she suddenly took a deep breath, took out her phone, and took a picture of the game screen.

Tirpitz opened his social media feed and posted the photos he had just taken.

"Anniversary event, easily take first place."

Tirpitz's post was successfully sent out and quickly garnered over 10,000 shares on social media.

"Wow, awesome!"

"Wow, awesome!"

"Holy crap...wait, isn't that Teacher Tizi? When is the third season of Yuruikazuchi finally coming out???"

"Damn, this anniversary event is super difficult. I saw that the pros on the live streams got high blood pressure from playing. How did you manage to get first place!"

"So you go boating too!"

Chapter 3561 Little White's Gift

After leaving the Admiral's Guild, Xiaobai and his group went to a coffee shop not far from the Admiral's Guild and chose a seat by the window.

In the early morning in the chapter city, the early-rising admirals are busy with their ship girls running between the four nodes. Very few admirals can choose to rest during this time and sit in the coffee shop to enjoy life. For example, when Xiaobai and his group arrived, there were very few customers in the coffee shop. At a glance, the only customers were some ship girls who seemed to have nothing to do.

"Admiral, your coffee."

Iowa, holding a cup of coffee, naturally sat down next to Xiaobai.

Iowa and Xiaobai maintained a distance that appeared intimate but didn't actually touch. She smiled and pushed the coffee cup toward Xiaobai, her face full of a well-behaved smile.

This scene prompted Hu De, who was sitting opposite him, to nod in agreement.

Hu De lowered his head, picked up his teacup, and elegantly closed his eyes to take a sip.

"Hmm, the English black tea here is quite good, the temperature and taste are just right." Hu De put down his teacup and commented, "Although there is about a gram less orange slice, which makes the aroma less intense and the flavor a bit shallow, considering that this is not a professional afternoon tea place, this is already excellent for the average person."

“What a professional assessment, Miss Hood,” Lexington said with a smile.

“Well, at least in the realm of English tea, I’m quite the expert,” Hood said to Lexington. “What do you think, Lexington?”

“Me? I just ordered a regular iced Americano,” Lexington said with a smile. “I just asked the staff at this coffee shop, and they don’t sell Chinese tea here, nor do they have the corresponding teaware. What a pity.”

"It seems this coffee shop doesn't have a wide enough variety of products," Hood said.

“If we keep making things difficult, we’ll be seen as a troublemaker.” Lexington put down her coffee cup. “It’s nice to change things up once in a while and drink something we don’t usually drink.”

At this point, everyone turned to look at Bismarck.

Bismarck held his hot coffee, sticking out a small part of his tongue, his expression calm.

“Bismarck, what’s with that expression?” Hood asked.

"Too hot."

"Hahaha, cat's tongue."

"It'll be fine once it cools down a bit."

Bismarck put down his coffee cup and looked out the window at the flow of people coming and going.

It's a coffee shop... although it's a place that sells drinks, the real charm of this place is its tranquil atmosphere and excellent view of the street and people.

Looking at the bustling scene outside the glass wall, everyone felt that the atmosphere inside the coffee shop was more peaceful and serene, and even the drinks in their hands tasted much better.

“This is a really nice place,” Hood said.

"Yes, it's quite leisurely."

As Lexington spoke, he smiled and looked at Little White and Iowa.

Xiaobai was drinking her coffee with her head down when she felt Lexington's gaze and subconsciously looked up.

“I never expected that Xiaobai would be so kind as to invite us out. We are truly flattered,” Lexington said with a smile. “This makes me nostalgic for the old days I spent with Hood and Bismarck.”

"Have the three of you always had such a good relationship?" Iowa asked the three elder ship girls in front of her.

"So-and-so and so-and-so are on good terms!" Hu De's hand holding the red tea trembled.

“Our relationship remains the same,” Lexington said with a smile. “Well… back when the naval base was first established, things weren’t nearly as busy as they are now.”

"I was very busy back then," Hood sighed as if he remembered something. "Ever since I awakened my skill, I've been leading the naval base's team on races across various seas every day. I barely had a chance to rest all day. It was exhausting."

"After all, Hood, you were our most reliable flagship back then."

"Ah...you mean I'm unreliable now?" Hood smiled at Lexington, a rare occurrence for her. She held up her teacup and leaned towards Lexington, saying, "I'm so sorry, my flagship skills are too outdated, not as good as the newcomers these days."

“No, not at all,” Lexington replied with a smile. “It’s just that we used to rely on your skills, but now we rely on you more as a person.”

"Good, good, you're so eloquent!" Hood chuckled, covering his mouth.

Compared to the elegant and smiling demeanor she had to maintain when hosting a tea party at the naval base, Hood here seemed to have let go of her ladylike airs, freely squeezing her friends with her arms and laughing heartily.

Looking at Hood and Lexington, Xiaobai couldn't help but feel as if they had returned to their teenage years.

Xiaobai subconsciously looked at Bismarck.

Bismarck had a hot coffee in front of her, and she turned her head to look at Lexington and Hood quietly, her red eyes calm and serene.

"I see. It seems this trip was very meaningful."

Iahua whispered to Xiaobai.