Elder brother's garrison

“Then why do you still want me to join your garrison? What if I tell others?” Richelieu asked.

In fact, this is a question that other ship girls also want to ask.

Lexington looked at Richelieu's puzzled expression, his smile remaining completely unchanged.

“Because after weighing the pros and cons, it’s still more beneficial to keep you locked up in… cough, excuse me, there are more advantages to having you by my side.” Lexington said, slowly opening her narrowed eyes. “And you also said it was if someone told, right?”

Lexington was smiling, but Richelieu felt a chill run down his spine from her.

"I guarantee you won't tell anyone. You can try if you don't believe me." Lexington's voice was calm, yet it possessed an absolute power to convince.

Richelieu lowered his head.

"Oh, by the way, this is just a small suggestion. If—and I mean if—you have any idea you want to tell anyone, whether it's writing in a diary, recording voice messages, sending notes, or even using the Admiral's Network, Morse code, eye contact, or any other means, you won't succeed. Even if you try to sneak out of the naval base, I'll find you immediately and give you a little punishment," Lexington said kindly. "It'll be a slightly more severe punishment than the ones I told you about before."

Richelieu was heartbroken.

Lexington was not a kind person; she was absolutely not associated with the attribute of kindness. Richelieu thought Lexington was a demon, the kind that would devour people without spitting out the bones.

"Then...when can I leave?" Richelieu couldn't help but feel uncertain about his future.

"Hmm?" Lexington tilted her head at this. "You can leave anytime once our admiral's psychological trauma is healed. We are a naval base, not a prison."

well said.

Richelieu looked at Little White sitting on the other side.

Shiro was chatting with Fubuki, holding hands, her face beaming with an innocent and carefree smile.

What psychological trauma does your admiral have?

Lexington's words clearly indicated that he intended to imprison Richelieu in the naval base.

After learning such important news, even Richelieu himself felt that he might not be able to leave the White House's garrison.

“Let’s leave it at that,” Lexington said, seeing Richelieu’s cooperative agreement. “Then let’s move on to the next topic.”

“There’s more?!” Richelieu stared at Lexington in shock.

“Yes.” Lexington nodded.

"I don't want to hear it anymore..." Richelieu realized her mistake. As she learned more and more, her hope of leaving the naval base became increasingly slim. She even wished she could just lose her memory to show her determination.

“Don’t want to hear it? That’s fine too.” Lexington was quite understanding, then looked at Yubari, “Yubari, speaking of which, didn’t you ask about this child today?”

Lexington pointed to Pachina.

Yubari was studying Rome's ship equipment behind her when Lexington asked her a question. She adjusted her glasses and nodded.

"I haven't found the right time to tell you before, but this child is actually the Dean of the Deep Sea."

"What?!" Yubari exclaimed in surprise, slamming the wrench in his hand onto the Roma ship's rigging with a thud.

Yubari's face flushed with excitement as she dashed over to Pachina, circling around her and touching her all over: "Hey, another deep-sea dean! No wonder it felt weird, I can't quite put my finger on it. What type are you?"

"Roadbed".

"Wow, that's amazing!" Yubari plopped down next to Pachina and held out her hand. "Do you still have your ship equipment? Can I take a look?"

Yubari didn't treat Pachina like a deep-sea dean at all; she looked at her like a ship girl with unusual ship equipment.

“Her ship rigging is shattered,” Lexington said. “The one Sukhbaatar shattered, the one next to you.”

"It's broken?!" Yubari immediately felt distressed. "What a waste! Where is the abyssal metal in your ship's equipment now?"

pachina pointed to Xiaobai, who was chatting with Fubuki.

"Is it with the admiral?"

“Yes. But we probably can’t get it out,” Sukhbaatar said from the side. “Because it’s already been eaten.”

Richelieu, standing nearby, covered his ears with a sorrowful expression.

I accidentally got spoiled on so many secrets again...

Is there any hope for me to leave the naval base in this lifetime?

Chapter 340 Is it strange that my sister has a flat chest?

Richelieu had a very difficult night.

Indeed, after Richelieu expressed that she did not want to know, Lexington never spoke to Richelieu about the naval base again. However, she chatted with Yubari in front of Richelieu as if no one else was there.

Good heavens, the chat was full of things that no one else should hear, and it all got into her ears!

Richelieu had never been to any naval base, but having lived in human society for a long time, he had read quite a few dark and gritty novels and TV dramas. He was well prepared for the theory that few people in large organizations like naval bases had a clean past.

But the foundation of this world's number one naval base is far too chaotic.

Just how little respect do you have for the law?!

Richelieu watched as Lexington chatted with Yubari about the two Abyssal directors at the naval base without changing his expression. The two of them smiled and laughed, as if they were talking about how many stray cats they had adopted that day.

The ship girls at this naval base must have lost their minds.

Unlike Richelieu, Yubari, who is a naval base ship girl, was already used to the naval base's dark history. Now that she knows that the naval base has raised another deep-sea dean and that the admiral has evolved pica, she is not alarmed at all, but happy instead.

Researchers, to put it simply, are scientists.

Scientists have always prioritized their thirst for knowledge above all else.

Look at this! The Deep Sea Commander! Can any other naval base do this? No! Only our naval base has this rare find! Only our naval base can satisfy our curiosity about the Deep Sea Commander's ship equipment and physiological habits anytime, anywhere! I, Yubari, feel not fear at all, but pride!

"Admiral, can you still eat deep-sea metal?" Yubari's eyes gleamed with a strange light.

"I think so..." Xiaobai replied.

Yubari then pulled out a piece of black deep-sea metal from his ship's equipment space, waiting for Shiro's performance.

Shiro looked somewhat awkwardly at the deep-sea metal in Yubari's hand.

When eating the horn of the Deepsea Yamato, the Deepsea metal of Pachina, and the ship equipment of Sukhbaatar, Xiaobai at least intuitively felt that "this stuff is edible." However, the Deepsea metal that Yubari took out was the most common Deepsea metal dropped from the Deepsea Abyss. For this kind of stuff, Xiaobai did not have any feeling that this thing was edible.

In a sense, Xiaobai is quite a picky eater.

"I don't think I can eat this," Xiaobai said.

"Is it not to your taste?" Yubari asked, somewhat puzzled, as he put away the deep-sea metal.

"Maybe..." Xiaobai nodded.

"Admiral, what have you eaten before?"

"The horn of Deepsea Yamato, and Deepsea Metal from Pachina, and there was something else a few days ago..."

"Cough cough!" Sukhbaatar coughed heavily next to Pachina.

"Anything else?" Yubari asked.

"That's all." Shiro smiled at Yubari.

Sukhbaatar didn't seem very keen to tell others about the fact that he was feeding his ship's equipment to others.

"I never expected to be able to eat these things. What happened after you ate them?"

"In short, the ship's equipment has been imbued with the corresponding aura."

"Ship equipment?"

"Yes, I have ship equipment."

"Holy crap!" Yubari jumped to her feet. "Where did you get these ship rigging?"

"I snatched it from the Deep Sea Dean through the Admiral Network," Xiaobai explained.

"There's another Dean of the Deep Sea Academy?"

“Well, but that situation is different.” Xiaobai then spent some time explaining the Yuxiu storyline to Yubari, emphasizing the part about how to obtain the Abyssal Ship Equipment. “In short, through my admiral network, I obtained the Abyssal Dean’s Ship Equipment, which is also the land-based one.”

This part of the story left Yubari completely bewildered.

After listening, Yubari clutched his stomach, looking like he had indigestion: "I don't even know where to begin complaining."

Yubari only now understands why Shiro's hair and eye color are so strange, completely different from the black hair and black eyes that Shiro's brother had described before.

Just like eating deep-sea metal, I guess all these functions are perks provided by that ship's equipment.

"Admiral! Please show me your land-based ship equipment!"

……

Yubari's professionalism and curiosity were the highest among all the people Shiro had ever met. For the entire night, Yubari maintained a great interest in Shiro's affairs until Lexington said that Shiro should go to sleep. Only then did Yubari reluctantly put down his pen and paper and leave Shiro's ship equipment.

Richelieu was also forced to witness these things.

This was all a result of Lexington intentionally revealing the secret to Richelieu.

As a result, Richelieu was so shocked that she didn't sleep all night.

She never imagined what strange things had happened to that frail girl to evolve into her current state.

It's only been a few months since I last saw you, and you've become a completely different person.

Lexington was satisfied with Richelieu's reaction, but as satisfied as he was, now that he had shown Richelieu so much information, he had to return to the naval base as soon as possible.

Only within the naval base could Richelieu be fully monitored... no, observed, and only then could Lexington feel a little at ease.

So the next morning, Lexington bid farewell to Yubari, who was reluctant to part with Shiro, and took the ship girl she had forcibly taken from Kyoto on the train to the naval base city.

They traveled in a grand procession, braving wind and rain, and even when they got off at the train station and took a taxi, they sat together with Richelieu.

"Our garrison is a place where the people are simple, honest, warm, and hospitable. The women are all kind and considerate, so please don't feel like strangers. Just make yourself at home," Lexington said with a smile to Richelieu, who was sitting in the middle of the back seat.

"Anyway, I'll never get out of here in this lifetime," Saratoga muttered, propping her chin on her hand as she sat on the other side.

"Gaga, what are you saying?" Lexington chuckled and scolded Saratoga, then looked kindly at Richelieu. "Miss Richelieu, don't worry, you won't be locked up forever. You can leave anytime our admiral says so. Please have faith in the future!"

Richelieu sat between the sisters, feeling incredibly distressed.

Lexington has completely stopped avoiding using the word "closed"...

"Ah, we're here." Xiaobai, sitting in the passenger seat, pointed to the gate of the naval base.

The admiral has returned from his expedition, and unlike his previous "incognito visits," he is receiving significantly better treatment this time. The naval base is now surrounded by ship girls.

A large red banner blocked the road, with the words "Welcome back, Admiral, from your first successful expedition!" written in bold, skillful calligraphy.

Several ship girls standing at the front were wearing cheerleader outfits that looked like they came from nowhere, and they were waving bouquets of flowers around.

The taxi swerved and stopped in front of the naval base.

Xiaobai and the ship girls behind her got off the bus.

"Hey~ the Admiral's back!" The ship girls waiting at the entrance of the naval base waved their flower bouquets vigorously and shouted to Shiro.

This time, thankfully, they didn't surround them directly like before.

"Wow, it's so lively!" Lexington stepped out from behind the car, looking at the ship girls in front of her with a smile.

"Hello, Mrs. Lexington!" the ship girls greeted Lexington.

"Hello." Lexington waved to the welcoming ship girls with a rather imposing air. "Come on, let me introduce you to our new friends."

Lexington turned around and pushed Richelieu in front of the ship girls: "This is Richelieu. She will be staying at our naval base for the time being. Please get along well with her."

At this moment, several taxis behind also slowly drove up to the entrance of the naval base and stopped.

Familiar faces like those from the Roman Empire, Pachina, and Sukhbaatar slowly emerged from the carriage.

"Hello Richelieu!" The ship girls all greeted Richelieu with friendly smiles.

“Richelyu isn’t the Admiral’s ship girl, but she’s someone we know, so please keep a close eye on her. If she gets lost, be sure to stay by her side and show her the way. If you see her having trouble, stay by her side and ask if there’s anything you can do to help, after all, she’s a distinguished guest,” Lexington said with a smile.

The ship girls thought for a while, and their expressions toward Richelieu became rather intriguing.

At this moment, Veneto also walked to Xiaobai's side. Among the ship girls, several destroyers looked at Veneto, their eyes lit up instantly, and they quickly darted out.

"Big Sister!" Camicia waved excitedly at Veneto.

Veneto looked at Camicchia: "You didn't cause any trouble while I was away, did you?"

“No!” Camicchia puffed out his chest at Veneto, quite confidently.

Veneto nodded in satisfaction, then pulled the Roman and Empire figures behind him in front of Camicchia: "These two are my sisters."

Veneto turned to the side, and Rome and the Empire stood before Camicchi like two towering mountains.

Camicia looked up at Rome and the Empire.