Elder brother's garrison

Iowa took back the empty milk cup, smiled, and turned her gaze to Little White.

"Speaking of which, Admiral."

"Ok?"

“The Admiral’s Guild has returned to normal these past few days. Given the Admiral’s efficiency in handling work, he shouldn’t need to stay in the guild from morning till night like he did before,” Iowa said.

"Hmm...that's true." Xiaobai nodded.

“Chao Da and Sister have been moving supplies in the Deep Sea City for quite some time now. Since things have come to an end, how about letting Chao Da and Sister rest for a day or two?” Iowa raised a finger and suggested to Xiao Bai with a smile. “We’ll go back to the temporary naval base these few days. It’ll also be a good opportunity for Miss Henry to get acquainted with the environment there—it seems she hasn’t left the Admiral’s Guild since joining our naval base. Let her see what’s going on outside.”

"Oh, that's a good idea!"

Upon hearing Iowa's suggestion, Xiaobai immediately agreed.

Henry listened to what Xiaobai and Iowa were saying, her head turning back and forth in their direction as they spoke. After listening, she became somewhat curious.

"Admiral, isn't this the naval base?" Henry asked.

"This is just where I work. Actually, our naval base is very, very far away from here," Xiaobai explained to Henry with a smile.

"oh……?"

Henry touched his lips, looking curious.

Since the sea monster incident, the Admiral's Guild's workload has increased dramatically. To handle the ever-increasing workload, Xiaobai has had to stay in the guild hall. Henry, on the other hand, enjoys being with Xiaobai and has been keeping her company in the office hall.

The ship girls at the naval base could tell how much Henry liked Shirley, so of course they didn't bring up the topic of taking her back to the naval base to meet people.

Fortunately, the office hall was spacious and bright, with all kinds of daily necessities and ample supplies, making Henry quite comfortable here. He even had the illusion that this was Little White's garrison.

But... the ship girls always have to go back to their naval base, right?

The Admiral's Guild's official duties have finally stabilized these past two days, and Xiaobai has successfully escaped from work, allowing him to manage his time more freely.

Having spent several days at the Admiral's Guild, not only to take Henry back to meet people, but also because Xiao Bai himself was starting to want to go back and visit.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai looked at Iowa.

"Iowa, what are your plans for today?"

"Does the Admiral mean he's inviting me back with him?" Iowa asked with a smile.

“You haven’t been back for several days either, we still need to see Missouri and the others,” Xiaobai said.

“In that case, I will listen to the Admiral.” Iowa cupped one side of her face, smiled and nodded.

After learning of Xiaobai's thoughts, Chaoda and others returned to the Admiral's Guild immediately.

Inside the anchor point room, a teleportation vortex emerged from the void, and a tall woman in a black dress walked out carrying a bag of iced soy juice. After stepping out of the teleportation vortex, she looked around and her gaze quickly settled on Xiaobai, Iowa, and Henry, who had been waiting there for a long time.

"Admiral, I'm back." Chao Yamato raised his hand.

"Super Yamato, welcome back!" Shiro greeted Super Yamato with a smile. "You've worked hard these past few days. We're resting today and heading back to the temporary naval base."

"Oh? Oh, oh..." Chao Dahe was taken aback, then nodded subconsciously, "Okay... Admiral..."

Chao Yamato's gaze met Henry's for a fleeting moment.

Henry looked at Super Yamato's face with curiosity, his gaze slowly moving down to the iced soy milk in Super Yamato's hand, his face full of curiosity.

Over the past period, Super Big had been transporting supplies in the deep-sea city and rarely returned to Chapter City. Even when she did come back to rest, she would sleep on the bed in the teleportation room or play on her phone, basically never going out. Therefore, Henry rarely had the opportunity to see her in Chapter City.

Of course, as a family member, Xiaobai had definitely introduced these two to each other.

"What is this?" Henry asked, pointing to the oversized object.

"This? It's douzhi (fermented mung bean juice). Would you like some?" Chao Dahe asked Henry, holding up the bag in his hand.

"Yes, yes!" Henry nodded immediately when he heard it was food.

Chao Dahe immediately showed a look of agreement, took out a cup of soy milk, inserted a straw, and handed it to Henry.

Henry solemnly picked up the cup, his face full of anticipation, and took a sip through the straw.

……

one second.

two seconds.

three seconds.

Henry froze the moment he was drinking the soy milk.

Then, Henry's face became as wilted as a shriveled eggplant in an extremely rapid manner.

Henry covered his mouth and swayed unsteadily.

Everyone present could see that Henry's facial features began to contort.

Adhering to the principle of not wasting anything, she desperately swallowed the mouthful of soy milk in her mouth, then gasped for breath, staring at Chao Yamato in shock and speechless.

"If you can't accept it, then give it to me."

Super Big seemed used to other people's reactions. Under Henry's fearful gaze, she took the cup of soy milk, then put the straw in her mouth and slowly drank it.

Chapter 3650 All Social Interactions Turned into Practice

This isn't to say that I'm disparaging douzhi (fermented mung bean juice), but drinks like douzhi have such a strong regional flavor that they are indeed selective in terms of who they suit.

At least in Shiro's naval base, most of the ship girls don't really like this smell.

“Deep, deep-sea drinks…how terrifying…” Henry touched his throat, retreated back to Little White’s side, and looked listless.

"Actually, this is a human drink." Under Henry's shocked gaze, Xiaobai casually uttered words that would be unforgettable for her. "Alright, let's not delay any longer, let's go."

"Human...human? This is human...?"

Henry murmured in shock as he was pulled into the teleportation vortex by Little White.

……

After a long absence, I returned to the temporary garrison headquarters, where everything was as peaceful and serene as before.

Shiro, Iowa, Super Yamato, and the absent-minded Henry walked along the edge of the naval base's training ground. Upon seeing Shiro, the ship girls immediately waved happily.

"Admiral! You're back!"

"Chao Da and her sister, it's been a long time!"

"Good morning, Sister Iowa!"

"..."

The ship girls greeted her warmly and crowded around her.

"I'm back! This is Henry." Xiaobai took Henry's hand and introduced him to the ship girls who came over.

"Henry? Is that the admiral's newly acquired ship girl?" The ship girls looked over.

"She's the one in area 8-2," Xiaobai explained.

"Oh—" The ship girls immediately understood and exclaimed in unison, then looked at her with surprised eyes.

Henry felt a little nervous as he felt the gazes coming from all directions.

"What an adorable little girl! I never knew you were a submarine."

"I heard that the 8-2 submarine is really powerful. I was really thinking that our admiral would definitely be able to salvage it for her!"

"Hi Henry, we're buddies now!"

The ship girls enthusiastically introduced themselves to Henry.

When Xiaobai was introducing Henry to the ship girls, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a blue figure flashing past at the edge of the playground out of the corner of her eye.

Xiaobai immediately turned around, and sure enough, Fubuki and her three younger sisters were running out of a dormitory building, carrying brooms.

"Fubuki!" Shiro waved to Fubuki and the other three.

"Huh? The Admiral's radar is reacting!" Fubuki suddenly stopped in the distance, exclaimed, and looked towards Shiro with her broom in hand. "Wow! Admiral! Super big and Iowa-neechan! And Henry is here too!"

Apart from a few exceptionally strong and persistent ship girls, the ship girls in the office hall are mostly transient. Usually, these few ship girls will go to the office hall for a few days to play and then return to the temporary naval base.

Therefore, people like Fubuki, Montana, and the Chaser have all returned to the temporary naval base in the past few days.

Fubuki, pulling her three younger sisters along, ran all the way to Shiro and his group.

"Good morning, Admiral!" Fubuki held up her broom, looking at Iowa and Super Yamato with a happy expression. After greeting the three of them, she turned her gaze to Henry. "Henry! You've finally come to the temporary naval base! Come on, let me introduce you. This is my sister Shirayuki, Hatsuyuki, and Miyuki! I've told you about them before!"

“Miss Henry, it’s a pleasure to meet you.” Snow White smiled and bowed to Henry, her tone full of warmth. “My sister has told us about you.”

"Henry, I heard you're an amazing submariner!" First Snow extended her little hand to Henry. "Nice to meet you!"

"Hello, Miss Henry..." Miyuki bowed her head to Henry shyly.

"Hello..." Henry looked at the four faces in front of him, each with different attire and personalities, but with almost identical facial features, and felt somewhat dazed.

"Henry! You have no idea how long we've been waiting for you!" Fubuki suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Henry's shoulders, and her eyes gleamed with intense light as she spoke. "I told Changchun and the others about you, but they wouldn't believe me no matter what I said! I was so worried! Hurry, now that you're back, you have to show them your strength! Let's go to the training ground, the training ground! I remember Changchun is over there right now!"

"Hey……"

Before Henry could react, Fubuki happily pulled him toward the training ground.

Henry took two steps forward and looked back at Little White.

"Going straight to the training grounds as soon as you get back... That's very ship girl style, but it's perfect." Shiro nodded and gave Henry a thumbs up. "This is also a form of social interaction between ship girls! Keep it up, Henry!"

Henry was dragged all the way to the training ground by the four Snowflake sisters.

Since Xiaobai and the other ship girls around them didn't have anything else to do at the moment, they decided to join in the fun and came over as well.

The training ground was as lively as ever during the day.

When Xiaobai arrived at the training ground, she saw Roma, covered in charred soot, lying on the steps at the edge of the training ground, looking completely drained and soaking wet, breathing in the fresh air. Beside her, Veneto was talking to a ship girl of the same size who was holding a teddy bear.

“Littorio, next time Roma trains with me, don’t secretly give her an invincible shield,” Veneto said seriously. “Only by personally experiencing the impact of cannonballs can you become stronger. If the attack is blocked by the invincible shield, there is no room for improvement in strength.”

“Actually… it was Rome that asked me to add the shield for her.” Littorio hugged the doll, her gaze shifting to the side.

“…Oh…I see.” Veneto turned his head and looked down at Roma, who was lying on the ground. “In that case, it seems that today’s training volume will be doubled again.”

"Cough cough cough, no, no, boss, I'm innocent—" Roma suddenly sat up as if she had been stimulated, waving her arms and shouting desperately, "I just asked Littorio for help... I really didn't know anything about stacking shields—"

"Alas, things have come to this. It seems today it's either you or me who lives," Veneto sighed.

"I'm going to die either way!!!"

Beside the three-person theater, Empire sat quietly on the ground reading a book. Suddenly, she sensed something, raised her head slightly, and looked in the direction of Xiaobai and his group.

"Sister, the Admiral has arrived," Empire whispered.

"..." Upon hearing the Empire's reminder, Veneto turned her head and looked in the direction of Xiaobai and his group. After seeing Xiaobai, Veneto took a soft breath.

"Boss, help me—"

Just then, Rome's hand suddenly appeared in Veneto's field of vision.

Veneto squinted.

“Rome, run fifty laps around the training ground,” Veneto said.

"Thank you so much for sparing my life, boss!!!" Rome immediately jumped up and sprinted towards the track next to the training ground, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Veneto gently adjusted her hair, took a deep breath, and then turned to look at Little White.

Xiaobai is leading a large group of lively ship girls this way.

"Veneto, you're training Roma again today!" Little White had already arrived near Veneto. As soon as she saw Veneto, she waved and called out with a smile, "I'm back!"

"Admiral, welcome back, Iowa, Super Yamato, it's been a long time." Veneto smiled slightly, nodded to Xiaobai and the two ship girls beside her, and then glanced at the ship girls beside Xiaobai. "Hmm, quite a commotion, so many people. Have you finished up the work at the guild?"

Iowa and Chao Dahe each greeted Veneto.

Everyone looked at Xiaobai.

"These are the ones I brought with me on my way back..." Xiaobai glanced at the ship girls she had attracted along the way, then smiled apologetically at Veneto. She pulled Henry aside and introduced him to Veneto, "Veneto, let me introduce you, this is Henry, our new..."

“The one with 8-2, right?” Veneto nodded at Henry. “Yeah, I’ve heard Fubuki and Changchun talk about him a few times. He seems pretty promising.”

“Yes.” Xiaobai nodded with a smile, then looked at Littorio and the Empire.

Empire closed the book and looked at Xiaobai.

Littorio, also holding the small doll, gazed at the little white creature.

Xiaobai waved to the two ship girls.