Elder brother's garrison

Xiao Bai picked up her coffee, took a sip, smiled, looked at Iowa, and nodded to her.

Xiao Bai and his friends chatted in the coffee shop as if there was never an end to their conversation, and stayed there comfortably for a while.

When it was almost time, and all the entertainment venues in the city were open for business, Xiaobai and his group left the coffee shop and went out onto the street.

It's worth mentioning that, for now, this is Chapter Eight, and there are still quite a few people who are wary of Xiaobai's appearance. So, in order not to spoil the fun, Xiaobai took out his family heirloom, the magical baseball cap, and tucked his long hair into the cap, making the simplest possible disguise.

Again.

Because Xiaobai's most conspicuous feature is her long, smooth, flowing white hair, the admirals in the city equate Xiaobai with long white hair. So, if she voluntarily puts her hair away and changes into clothes similar to those of a ship girl, most people in the city will not be able to recognize her identity at all.

Wearing baseball caps, Xiaobai and his group left the coffee shop and walked down the street. Because of their outstanding temperament and appearance, the admirals passing by would occasionally cast curious glances at Xiaobai and his group, but there was no further disturbance.

"So much time has passed, and quite a few new faces have emerged in the high-ranking admirals' circle," Lexington remarked suddenly, watching the admirals pass by.

“A new generation replaces the old,” Hu De said, turning to Iowa and Xiao Bai behind her. “Xiao Bai, where are we going first?”

“The first stop is the art museum,” Iowa replied.

"Huh? This city even has things like this?"

"After all, it's the eighth chapter. However, the art museum isn't particularly large. It has three floors and only houses a few tens of thousands of mobile exhibits."

“That’s not bad either, considering the scale.” Hood nodded, then looked at Bismarck and suddenly said with a smile, “Bismarck, can you understand art?”

“I don’t know,” Bismarck shook her head. “I’ve never seen it before.”

"Then you mustn't do anything rash or say anything out of line. Art is something that requires a high threshold to understand and create only after one's spiritual world has become rich enough. You'd better keep up with us."

“Okay.” Bismarck nodded.

Hu De turned his head with a smile, his mood seemingly brightening.

Today's trip was well planned by Iowa, so everyone hardly needed to worry about the route or time.

Just two blocks away from the coffee shop, a massive building, resembling a European castle from a movie, slowly came into view.

“The museum is over there,” Iowa told the group.

"It gives a pretty good impression," Hood nodded.

As everyone was about to move forward, Xiaobai turned her gaze to the side and saw some shops along the street. She suddenly stopped and stood still.

"Hmm? Little White?"

After Xiaobai stopped, she gradually drifted away from the group. The ship girls quickly sensed Xiaobai's departure, and they all stopped and turned to look at her.

"Xiaobai, what's wrong?"

"Ah..." Xiaobai's gaze was fixed on the shops next to her. Hearing the ship girls calling her, she turned her gaze back to them and smiled a little shyly. "Um... speaking of which, before we go to the museum, can I go over there for a bit?"

As Xiaobai spoke, he pointed to the shops on the street next to him.

Everyone instinctively followed Xiaobai's finger and looked in that direction.

The place Xiaobai was pointing to was a mobile phone store on the side of the street.

The ship girls were stunned.

……

The ship girls followed Shiro into the sales hall, where a female employee immediately greeted them with a smile.

"How can I help you, sir?" the female employee said with a smile to Xiaobai. "Would you like to register a mobile phone account? Or subscribe to a new mobile phone service? We offer free broadband service with every mobile phone account registration."

The ship girls behind Xiaobai stopped, looked around at the modern decor, and stared curiously at Xiaobai's back.

Xiao Bai smiled slightly at the female employee.

I want to buy a cell phone!

"Oh, then please follow me."

The female employee immediately led Xiaobai to a row of mobile phones neatly arranged in a transparent display case.

Xiao Bai stood on tiptoe, pressed against the glass, and carefully examined all the mobile phone models for sale. Then, he raised his hand and selected the one that looked the most advanced and had the relatively high price tag.

"Can I have this one?"

"You have excellent taste! This is the most popular style online right now, it's absolutely ahead of the competition!"

The sales clerk deftly retrieved the phone Xiaobai had chosen, and at Xiaobai's request, selected an easy-to-remember phone number for the phone. Finally, with a smile, the clerk handed the phone to Xiaobai with both hands.

Xiaobai held the phone, but instead of turning on the screen, he turned his head and handed the phone directly to Bismarck.

"Bismarck, here you go!"

Amidst the surprised gazes of the ship girls, Shiro smiled at Bismarck.

Chapter 3562 German Stinky Cat

Xiaobai's actions aroused the interest of the three ship girls in front of him.

"Little White, what do you mean by 'gift'? Could it be that this phone... is for Bismarck?" Hood covered his mouth, his eyes filled with surprise, constantly scanning back and forth between Bismarck and Little White's faces.

Lexington smiled and turned his gaze toward Bismarck.

Bismarck still had a stern face and a detached expression. She looked at the phone Xiaobai handed her, seemed to think for a long time, and finally reached out and took the phone at Xiaobai's instruction.

“When you took out your phone yesterday, I felt that Bismarck’s phone looked a bit outdated,” Xiaobai said to Bismarck with a smile. “In this day and age, even I know that mobile phones are no longer just a communication tool. They now have many social functions, allowing you to play many games, watch many videos, listen to many music, and communicate with netizens all over the world… At the same time, it is also an important channel for us to learn about world information without leaving home. So I think that at least from the perspective of not being left behind by the times, Bismarck, you should try using the latest smartphone.”

Bismarck held the phone in one hand, listening to Xiaobai's words with a blank expression.

Xiaobai had just said a lot to Bismarck, but Bismarck didn't seem to be listening to much of it. All they could see was her standing there like a wooden statue, staring intently at her phone, with that iconic message loading icon about to appear on her forehead again.

"Little White, you really care about Bismarck." Hood understood Little White's words and smiled at her, praising her. "However... you do care a lot about Bismarck, but she might disappoint you."

"Huh? What's wrong?" Xiaobai looked at Hude.

"We've actually talked about Bismarck's old-fashioned phone several times before," Hood shrugged, seemingly recalling something frustrating. She sighed and, looking at the wooden-like Bismarck beside her, continued to speak to Xiaobai, "Bismarck's old-fashioned phone, besides making calls and cracking walnuts, it completely lacks all the other functions a mobile phone should have… With technology advancing so rapidly these days, we've been considering getting her a new phone for a while now. But guess what Bismarck said when we suggested it?"

"What did you say?"

"She said hers was fine, very convenient to use." Hu De seemed quite annoyed as she said this, hands on her hips, "As for smartphones, she said she had absolutely no interest in them, they would only affect her aluminum-stealing speed!"

"Huh? Is that so?" Xiaobai looked at Lexington in surprise.

“Indeed, there was.” Lexington nodded with a smile. “Bismarck didn’t seem to like overly sophisticated high-tech products. When the naval base was being built, she even chopped wood and built mud stoves herself to start a fire and cook. It took us several years to train her to use modern kitchen stoves.”

“Eh…so that’s how it is…” Xiaobai murmured to herself. She belatedly realized and looked at Bismarck with some embarrassment, “So…so Bismarck, you don’t like smartphones…sorry, I took the liberty of making that decision.”

Little White looked dejected and softly stretched out his hands to Bismarck.

"Well... Bismarck, how about we forget about sending the phone? I'll take it back and return it..." Xiaobai said softly, head down.

"..."

Bismarck held his phone, silently watching Xiaobai.

Suddenly, the loading symbol on Bismarck's forehead disappeared.

“I think this phone is pretty good,” Bismarck suddenly said to Xiaobai.

Bismarck's speech stunned the disappointed little white girl. She looked up and stared at Bismarck in surprise.

"Huh? Bismarck, what did you say?"

“This phone is pretty good.” Bismarck held the phone and continued speaking to Xiaobai, “I’ll use this one.”

"But, but didn't you dislike smartphones?"

“I like it now.” Bismarck’s face was expressionless, but her eyes were inexplicably bright.

"Ah...is that so?"

"Ah."

Bismarck looked at Lexington and Hood beside him.

Although Xiaobai was a little surprised, as members of the camp who seemed to have known all along that Bismarck disliked smartphones, Lexington and Hood immediately smiled knowingly when they heard that Bismarck was going to take Xiaobai's phone.

"Well, it seems Bismarck is finally making changes." Hood patted Bismarck on the shoulder, covering his mouth with a laugh. "Good, good, good, it seems you've improved over the past ten years!"

“Once you’ve registered your social media accounts, let’s add each other as friends,” Lexington said to Bismarck with a smile.

"..."

Bismarck felt Hood's gentle, cat-like pats and silently nodded to Lexington.

"Could you please help me activate the internet service on my phone?" Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief. Knowing that her gift hadn't been in vain, she turned to the employee in the service center and asked her with peace of mind.

"Okay, customer, our store has just launched a special discounted monthly data plan this quarter. It's a premium service only available in the Chapter 8 area," the store employee said with a smile. "For just fifteen yuan a month, you can enjoy 3000MB of data. Don't miss this opportunity!"

"Oh, wow, as expected of Chapter Eight, even the monthly mobile phone plan is so affordable. Then I'll arrange that for you."

"Okay, please give me your phones so I can download the app for the service center and help you with the process."

The sales staff smiled and looked at Bismarck.

Bismarck made eye contact with the sales staff.

The sales staff looked at Bismarck's phone.

Bismarck placed his phone behind his back.

"...This customer?" The sales staff member's face was covered in a fine sheen of sweat.

“If you want a phone, you can buy one yourself,” Bismarck said seriously to the store clerk. “This was a gift from someone else, so I can’t give it to you.”

"..." Employee of the business hall.

Bismarck's response left the sales staff speechless.

Next, Xiaobai, Hude, and Lexington spent a full two minutes explaining to Bismarck that she only needed to hand over the phone to an employee to operate in front of her; it wasn't a gift of the phone, but simply a matter of convenience.

After being persuaded by others, Bismarck tentatively handed his phone to a staff member at the service center.

The sales clerk was quick as she was. In front of everyone, she quickly downloaded the sales app onto Bismarck's new phone and signed up for a super-affordable monthly data plan through the app. After everything was done, she handed the phone back to Bismarck with both hands.

"This is fine, customer." The sales clerk smiled.

"Hmm." Bismarck took the phone and looked sincerely at her employee. "It seems I misunderstood you."

"Haha..." The staff at the service center just gave an awkward but polite laugh.

……

Finally, Xiaobai picked out a black cat ear phone case for Bismarck.

This phone case is all black, with only a pair of pointed cat ears peeking out from the top two spots. The overall look is understated and low-key yet just the right amount of cute, which I think suits Bismarck's personality perfectly.

After leaving the service center, Bismarck held his phone, tapping the screen repeatedly with his index finger, watching the software icons flash by in front of him, his face expressionless.

"How do I open that social media app you used to use?" Bismarck turned her head and asked Hood, who was closest to her.

“That one needs to be downloaded,” Hood said, glancing at Bismarck’s phone screen.

“Download?” Bismarck seemed to be pondering the meaning of the word.

"Oh, my Queen." Hood sighed, reached out and took Bismarck's phone, then, under her watchful gaze, deftly operated it with her fingers before handing it back to Bismarck. "Here, I've downloaded it for you. And since I know you probably don't know how to register an account, I've registered one for you too."

“You’re really reliable,” Bismarck said to Hood as she took the phone.

"Hmph, of course, I'm a ship girl who keeps up with the times." Hood said with her arms crossed, quite pleased with herself. "I'm different from someone else."

"Want to add each other as friends?" Bismarck turned to Lexington and asked.

“Sure, I’ll add you.” Lexington took out her phone and smiled as she demonstrated the process to Bismarck. “Adding friends on this app requires this…”

Bismarck carefully watched Lexington's actions, then lowered his head and began to replicate them.

It turns out that Bismarck simply disliked high-tech products; that doesn't mean she was bad at using them.

Once she overcomes her initial resistance, she will be able to adapt to operating the new phone more quickly.

Lexington and Bismarck have become friends.

“Let’s fight against the refreshing sea breeze.” Bismarck read the name from her phone, then turned to Lexington. “Is this you?”

"it's me."

Why aren't you called Lexington?

"My username, my username," Lexington explained with a patient smile.

Bismarck nodded silently, seemingly remembering the setting. She continued to look at Little White, her gaze calm but clearly revealing a sense of waiting.

Xiaobai immediately understood and took out his phone to add Bismarck as a friend on social media.