Elder brother's garrison

"……"noob.

Xiao Bai could clearly feel Iowa's fingers slipping into the gaps of his leather shoes like little snakes.

Xiao Bai subconsciously pulled her feet back, but under Iowa's peculiar gaze, she hesitated for a moment and gave up struggling.

Iowa lowered her head and gently helped Xiaobai take off her little leather shoes.

Then he gently rubbed Xiaobai's toes with both hands.

"It feels cool," Iowa said as she rubbed it.

"Um……"

“Like ice cream,” Iowa added.

"What kind of strange adjective is that..." Xiaobai gave a helpless wry smile.

Iowa didn't say anything, but continued to massage with a smile. Soon, Xiaobai felt the warmth from Iowa's palms transfer to his toes, and his whole foot warmed up.

Well... how should I put it? Having a ship girl massage my feet... a few weeks ago, even a complete novice would have felt embarrassed.

Fortunately, after being subjected to the baptism of the super-powerful Yamato, Shiro is no longer too embarrassed. Moreover, Iowa did indeed warm Shiro's feet up, making him feel much more comfortable.

"Iowa, I feel much warmer now, thank you." Xiaobai said, her hands on the armrests of the seat, looking at Iowa who was squatting in front of her, kneading her feet like dough, and was somewhat moved.

"Yes, you're welcome, Admiral." Iowa smiled, but her hands didn't stop moving in the slightest.

"……"noob.

"..." Iowa.

“Um… Iowa, I should probably…” Xiaobai spoke again, trying to pull her feet out of Iowa’s arms.

But the next second, Iowa gently hugged Xiaobai's legs.

"Admiral, this isn't over yet."

"...Huh? It's not over yet?"

"Yes... I'm not done yet." Iowa chuckled, her hand gently cupping Xiaobai's heel, rubbing it lightly for a moment, then pressing her thumb into the center of Xiaobai's sole. She then watched with enjoyment as Xiaobai's face suddenly flushed, her small shoulders trembled, and her legs shook. A teasing smile unconsciously appeared on her lips. "...Ah...so that's what it feels like. No wonder Chaoda and her sister like doing this to the Admiral so much."

“…Iowa, maybe I’m wrong, but that…you wouldn’t be…”

“Sigh, I spent yesterday alone in the Admiral’s room, I should at least give back to him,” Iowa said.

"Does the office count as being alone in an empty room...?"

"Whether this room counts as empty or not, Admiral, don't you know the answer in your heart?" Iowa said to Xiaobai with a smile.

"..."

Xiao Bai was speechless.

Little White finally behaved himself.

……

Iowa's handling of the situation did indeed help Xiaobai quickly escape the feeling of coldness.

After Xiaobai lay back on the chair with a slightly flushed face, she watched Iahua leave the office with his hands behind his back, completely satisfied. Only then did she sigh with relief, then tuck her legs up, hug her thighs, and put her feet on the cushion of the chair.

"Sigh... Now I just need to figure out what to do tonight..."

Xiao Bai muttered to himself, his gaze sweeping across the computer screen.

It's now time for the city's residents to go to work, and the admirals have begun to set sail with their ship girls.

—There is something I need to explain about what happened last night.

—That is, after Luo Yingying arranged a series of measures, the Eighth Chapter Admiral Guild did not choose to completely seal off the 8-2 sea area as it did the day before yesterday. Instead, it only included that strange sea area in the scope of high-risk sea areas. Apart from the danger warning, the ship girls of the Eighth Chapter can freely enter and exit that sea area, fight, and even blast fish, etc., without any hindrance.

The main reason for doing this is that, based on the reactions of the admirals, sealing off the 8-2 sea area is not a good thing.

To put it simply, the 8-2 sea area is one of the most popular sea areas among admirals in the entire eighth chapter, especially the large area where the ship girls were captured yesterday. The number and abundance of submarine enemies there are so great that even the sixth chapter, which was once known as the golden land, cannot compare.

The losses caused by sealing off this sea area, even if only for a day, far exceed the resources expended by the Admiral's Guild in dispatching a rescue team to salvage the heavily damaged ship girls.

Therefore, Xiaobai decided to only issue a warning and not impose any restrictions.

Throughout the day, Xiaobai stayed in his office, handling work while occasionally refreshing the Admiral Forum.

On the admiral forum, the discussion about the danger level of the sea continued for a while. However, in the end, whether it was the admirals who were affected or those who were not, or even the ship girls themselves, they all came to the same conclusion: no matter what happened in the 8-2 sea area, the daily expeditions and the daily fishing must continue.

Frying fish is a major undertaking for the garrison!

Which of you here doesn't have hundreds of people in your garrison who aren't fed by frying fish?

How could the admiral be so intimidated by the deep sea that he dares not go out to sea!

What's more, this is the admiral of Chapter 8!

At worst, we'll just have to be more careful when frying fish!

In the end, the admirals went on expeditions as usual and fished as usual, and everything remained the same as before, as if mirrored.

Xiaobai was not idle either. She spent the whole day carefully refreshing the Admiral Forum, trying to receive information about heavily damaged ship girls as soon as possible so as to carry out the most timely rescue.

But things took an unexpected turn. For almost the entire day and afternoon, the Admiral Forum remained quiet. Although many people appeared cautious, as if a great enemy was approaching, and despite the constant bombing of ships, no group of ship girls was attacked by the mysterious submarine again.

Everything... was as if the mysterious submarine enemy never existed.

Before they knew it, it was time for the Admiral's Guild to close again.

Xiaobai nervously refreshed the Admiral Forum and waited for a while. The Admiral Forum was also refreshing with Admirals asking each other if anyone's ship girl had been severely damaged and gone missing.

Faced with such detailed questioning, the admirals unanimously replied that there was no such thing. Although the ship girls who went out to sea to fish occasionally suffered moderate or heavy damage, that was just routine damage from fishing. Even if there was damage, it was only one or two members of the team, which was completely different from the entire team that went missing yesterday.

As darkness fell again, no admirals on the forums reported that their ship girls had been attacked by a mysterious submarine.

Xiaobai propped her chin on her hand, watching the admirals on the forum report that they were safe and sound, and then she put down her phone with a blank look on her face.

"Huh? What's going on?"

"Are you referring to the fact that no ship girls were attacked today?" Iowa seemed to have anticipated that Shiro would ask this question. She put down the documents she was working on and asked Shiro in return.

“Yeah,” Xiaobai nodded. “How come no ship girls have been attacked at this hour?”

"Admiral's words make it sound like you're hoping the ship girls will be attacked," Iowa said with a laugh.

"Uh..." Xiaobai paused awkwardly, then smiled, "It's not that I'm afraid of thieves stealing from me, it's that I'm afraid of thieves eyeing me."

“The Admiral is right.” Iowa nodded, thought for a moment, and said, “There shouldn’t be any more attacks today.”

"How to say?"

"Because just now, all the ship girls in the 8-2 sea area have left the sea area and returned to the city."

"Oh... what about the other three sea areas?"

"as usual."

"That's really strange," Xiaobai said, scratching his cheek. "What day is it today? Does that mysterious submarine enemy from yesterday have weekdays and weekends?"

“If we have a two-day weekend, then we can relax and enjoy those two days,” Iowa said with a smile.

Chapter 3606 The Chaser Just Wants to Enjoy a Peaceful Daily Life

After listening to Iowa's words, Xiaobai smiled and shook his head.

Of course, there are no weekends in the deep sea.

Therefore, the mysterious submarine enemy in the 8-2 area probably did not attack the ship girls for some special reason.

As for the reason for this special situation... Xiaobai is still thinking about it.

"It's certainly a good thing that no new ship girls have been attacked, but this also means we can't find that mysterious submarine enemy." Xiaobai muttered to herself for a while, then looked up at Iowa and asked, "Iowa, what are your thoughts on this enemy?"

"What are your thoughts, Admiral?"

"It's roughly about the enemy's habits and stuff." Xiaobai raised her hands in the air and shook them. "For example, why she only attacks anti-submarine ship girls and has no interest in other types of ship girls, and why none of the ship girls who went to sea today were injured, and so on."

“This is indeed a question worth discussing.” Iowa nodded slightly upon hearing this.

"It shouldn't be a weekend issue, right?" Xiaobai asked back.

"..." Iowa smiled. "Regarding this issue, we haven't had enough encounters with that submarine enemy, so I think we need more time to verify it."

"Okay, fine." Xiaobai nodded.

"Is the Admiral also going to the sea today?" Iowa asked.

“Yes, I will,” Xiaobai replied crisply. She said to Iowa, “After all, I can’t just let such a threatening special entity stay on the sea forever…”

"So, did the admiral also go alone today?"

"Hmm... since this special submarine enemy is only interested in anti-submarine ship girls... I probably can't do it alone." Xiaobai pondered, crossing her arms and muttering to herself, "I guess if I'm alone, even if I search on the surface for another year or two, I probably won't get any results."

"Oh...so what does the Admiral mean?" Iowa raised her eyebrows slightly, as if she understood something.

“Yes.” Xiaobai gave Iowa a thumbs up. “I’ve decided, I’m calling people tonight.”

Since the mysterious submarine enemy in 8-2 is only interested in anti-submarine ship girls, then the problem will naturally be solved simply by bringing the anti-submarine ship girls to the surface.

This problem is easy for beginners.

It's just taking anti-submarine ship girls along when patrolling the sea!

The newbie naval base lacks everything except ship girls.

As time passed, the sky gradually darkened, and the sea in Chapter Eight was filled with surging waves and howling winds, the entire body of water returning to its cold and dark state.

a long distance away.

The sky over the newbie garrison is still clear.

Since Xiaobai left to take over as the guild leader of Chapter 8, life at the newbie naval base has become much more relaxed and leisurely. Apart from daily training and the sorties that only happen once every few weeks, the ship girls spend the rest of their time enjoying a peaceful and tranquil daily life, much like retired elderly people.

The Chaser is one of the ship girls who enjoys her daily life.

After finishing her daily training, Chaser spent the afternoon soaking in the repair pool. After enjoying a relaxing time, she went to the ship girl canteen at the naval base before dinner, bought a bag of hard baguettes and spicy cod liver pâté, and hummed a little tune as she returned to her dormitory.

Whoosh...

The hard baguettes clattered together inside the brown paper bag, making a crisp rustling sound, while the fresh aroma of wheat wafted in all directions as the pursuer jogged up the stairs.

"Hey, Sister Hua Q, you're back!"

"Is Sister Flower Q eating those hard, rock-hard weapon-shaped breads again today?!"

In the corridor of the ship girls' dormitory, the ship girls passing by saw the pursuer and greeted him with smiles.

"I'm not Sister Hua Q, I'm the pursuer!"

"And baguettes aren't hard at all; they only get hard after they've been sitting out for a while! Freshly baked baguettes are so soft and delicious!"

The pursuer immediately clutched the bread in her arms and patiently explained loudly to the ship girls around her. Her wide, red eyes and flowing long hair made the smiles on the faces of the ship girls around her even wider.

"Hello, Sister Hua Q! We'll be going now!"

The ship girls smiled, waved warmly, and left.

"Bye-bye, bye-bye." The Chaser waved goodbye to the ship girls, adding as she finished, "And also, I'm not Flower Q, I'm the Chaser..."

The ship girls disappeared around the corner of the corridor, and the pursuer then adjusted the bread in his arms, turned around, and went to his dormitory.

The pursuer opened the dormitory door and entered his warm little nest.

Unlike many ship girls in the naval base who like to decorate their homes in an unconventional way, the interior of the Chaser's home is decorated in a very ordinary, clean and everyday style, perhaps because she lived in human society for a few years.

The pursuer first went to the living room, took off her coat, put on slippers, turned on the TV, tuned it to her usual channel, then turned the volume up to the maximum, and went into the kitchen with bread and spicy cod liver pâté.

"Look closely, this girl is called Xiaomei. She's researching a traditional dish called 'Stargazing'..."

The sound from the television reached the kitchen, where the pursuer hummed a song as he cut the baguette into round, palm-sized pieces.

After simply spreading cod liver sauce on the baguette, sprinkling some sesame seeds and lettuce leaves, and adding a fried egg and ham slices, the pursuer placed the prepared baguette on a plate and carried the plate back to the living room.

"Wow! Living alone! Awesome!"

The pursuer plopped down on the sofa, crossed her legs, turned down the volume with the remote, and finally happily picked up a piece of bread smeared with dried fish sauce, took a bite while watching TV.

Mmm...delicious!

"Freshly baked baguettes are so delicious!"

The pursuer comfortably shifted his sitting position, leaning back on the sofa, his gaze sweeping over the coffee table.

"Sigh, there's nothing in this world more comfortable than taking a half-day bath after training and then enjoying a delicious meal at home." The pursuer munched on his bread, picked up the remote control, pressed a few channel change buttons, and switched to an entertainment gossip platform.