Elder brother's garrison

“How can a musician not have a sense of humor?” Alaska said, casually crossing her legs, one foot swinging leisurely in mid-air.

"Did you and Guam just finish showering too?"

“Yes,” Alaska nodded, “after all, it needs to be modified.”

Where is Yubari?

“Yubari went to the research lab to look for data on the modification of missile shipboard systems. She said that my and Guam's shipboard systems are quite special, and she has a brand new idea for modification.” Alaska said, then changed the subject, “So Yubari will probably be out for a while.”

“Oh…I see.” Xiaobai followed Alaska’s gaze into the depths of the modification factory. She nodded and smiled at Alaska. “Then I’ll leave Kirin and the others in your care. I’m going out with Jinan again.”

"Oh, don't worry about leaving it to me."

"Kirin seems to be quite interested in music. She recently bought a drum set. If you have time, why don't you talk to her about it?"

"A drum kit? What a coincidence! Guam and I were actually just thinking about hiring a drummer for our duo," Alaska said with a smile. "And here we are."

"If you say that, I feel relieved."

"Admiral, let's go again." Guam waved to Xiaobai.

Xiaobai waved goodbye to Guam and Alaska before leaving the factory.

Outside the factory gate, Jinan was sitting on the steps with Chaoda, hugging his knees and chatting quietly with Chaoda.

"Super Yamato, what's it like to be the Admiral's married ship?" Jinan asked Super Yamato curiously, resting her head on her knees.

"Uh... um..." Chao Dahe lowered his head and thought for a while, then hesitantly spoke to Jinan, "... I should be... quite happy."

"After becoming the Admiral's marriage ship, will I be able to live at the Admiral's house?"

"Hmm...it should be..."

"Should? Super Big and Sister, didn't you only start living with the Admiral after you became a married ship?"

“No…” Chao Yamato shook her head, touching her chest, and slowly answered, “…I am Yamato’s…adopted sister…Before, because she was the Admiral’s married ship…I lived with the Admiral.”

"Damn nepotism!" Jinan said angrily, hugging his knees.

"..." Chao Dahe watched Jinan from the side, and reached out to tidy up the stray hairs on Jinan's forehead. "Thank you for your hard work."

"Actually, I'm not tired at all..." Jinan sighed, "Sigh, when will I be able to become the admiral's marriage ship?"

"...If we spend a lot of time together, probably..."

"Super Big Sister, how did you become the Admiral's marriage ship? Was the scene particularly romantic?"

"Uh... my words..."

After thinking for a moment, Chao Dahe turned her head away awkwardly, a blush gradually rising on her fair cheeks and neck.

Just as Jinan was watching Chaodahe with bated breath, sincerely waiting for the answer, Xiaobai appeared behind the two of them.

"Chao Dahe, Jinan, what are you talking about?" Xiao Bai asked.

"what!"

Chao Dahe and Jinan were both startled. They quickly stood up from the steps and turned to look at Xiaobai.

"Admiral, you've arrived!" Jinan smiled and raised his arm, waving at Xiaobai.

"Hmm... I heard you guys talking about me just now..." Xiaobai looked at Jinan and Chao Yamato curiously, "What were you talking about?"

"Ah...we were talking about..."

Just as Chaoda was about to speak, Jinan immediately stepped forward and hugged him.

"This is a secret between me, Chaoda, and my sister! Admiral, you're not allowed to ask!" Jinan pouted and said.

"What's going on... all mysterious?" Xiaobai smiled as she looked at Jinan, but nodded with a smile. "Alright, I won't ask. Let's continue looking for the next missile ship girl."

"Hehe, the admiral does know a thing or two."

"Does our naval base still have the aura of a missile ship girl undergoing modification?"

"Hmm... there should be... if I feel it, there seem to be two more?" Jinan closed his eyes, reached out and touched the air, and sniffed with his little nose.

"There are only two left..." Xiaobai looked at Jinan with a touch of emotion.

The naval base for newbies is so large, and it can accommodate several times more ship girls than a normal naval base. But even in such a massive naval base with such high-quality ship girls, there are only five ship girls with the talent for missile modification... To be honest, before Xiaobai brought Jinan back to the naval base, she thought that this trip would allow Jinan to find at least twenty or thirty ship girls who could be modified into missile-equipped ships...

Looking at it this way... missile talent is truly rare indeed.

Xiao Bai suddenly gained a deeper understanding of the value of missile talent.

Chapter 3787 Barbecue

However, Jinan also said that before a ship girl's missile talent is fully awakened, it will always be in a Schrödinger state where it is manifested in a certain period of time and hidden in the body in another period of time, and no one can see it.

Even with Jinan's "power of change," it can only find and discover missile ship girls in their "manifestation" stage. As for the other ship girls who are still in their hidden stage... Jinan says it can't help them either. Missile talent and missile ship equipment, as the top-level ship girl equipment type, are such awkward and capricious things.

There's a reason why there are so few missile-equipped ship girls in the world.

Currently, only five ship girls in the newbie naval base have missile modification auras, but that doesn't mean that only five ship girls in the entire newbie naval base can be modified into missile ship equipment. This only indicates that there happen to be five ship girls with missile talent in the naval base in a "manifested" state. As for the other hidden missile ship girls... Xiaobai and Jinan believe that with the number of ship girls in the newbie naval base and the average quality of the ship girls, there must be more. However, Jinan also needs to wait for these ship girls to exit the hidden state and enter the manifest state before capturing them. In other words, they have to wait patiently.

Xiaobai, Jinan, and Chaoda left the modification factory, following the scent of missile modification in the air, and headed towards the ship girl dormitory.

It's a bit of a coincidence that there are quite a few dormitory buildings for ship girls in the newbie naval base, but the route Jinan took happened to be the same one that led back to the dormitory building where Xiaobai was.

"Jinan, is the fourth missile ship girl in our ship girl dormitory?" Xiaobai looked at the familiar route in front of her, and turned her head in surprise to ask Jinan.

"Admiral, I just followed the scent... As for the exact location, my nose isn't that sensitive yet," Jinan said. "As for which lady needs to be modified, we'll have to follow the scent to the end to find out."

"oh oh……"

Xiaobai nodded, smiled slightly at Jinan, and then looked back at the dormitory building that was getting bigger and bigger in her field of vision.

Although Jinan just said that, judging from the route and direction of this advance, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the fourth missile ship girl is probably in the dormitory building right in front of us.

That's really something new.

This building is the dormitory where Xiaobai lives, so the ship girls in this building are all quite familiar with Xiaobai. In the past, the girls in this building would often visit Xiaobai, bringing her some homemade dishes, cute little gifts and the like...

Thinking about this, Xiaobai couldn't help but feel a little excited. The faces of the ship girls gradually appeared in her mind, and she began to secretly guess which ship girl had awakened the missile talent.

Hmm... if I'm lucky, it might even be a ship girl I live with.

For example, Hood?

Thinking of this, Xiaobai didn't know why, but she suddenly couldn't help but want to laugh, so she covered her mouth and chuckled silently twice.

Just as Xiaobai's mind was filled with wonderful ideas, as the group moved forward, the aroma of barbecue wafted into the air.

"Huh? Is someone having a barbecue?"

Xiao Bai and his group stopped and looked around.

The aroma of barbecue in the air carried a unique sweetness and smokiness, but the most prominent scent was the rich aroma of charcoal-grilled meat. Spices such as cumin, minced garlic, and chili powder mingled with the meaty fragrance, fermenting and wafting in the air like an invisible veil covering the noses of Xiaobai and his companions. It made them involuntarily imagine golden-brown roasted meat sizzling and crackling over a blazing fire, oil splattering everywhere.

"It smells so good." Jinan closed his eyes, stood on tiptoe, and sniffed the fragrance in the air.

"Hmm... the smell of barbecue should be coming from over there..." Xiaobai savored the aroma in the air for a while, then looked down at the dormitory building from the source of the smell.

Sure enough, in the eyes of Xiaobai and the other two, a campsite consisting of two green camping tents was set up on a lush open space in the square below a dormitory building for ship girls.

In the middle of the campsite stood a black stove with flames burning on it. Several tables and chairs were placed around the stove, and a few beautiful and slender figures were moving back and forth around the edge of the stove, busy with something.

This route... happens to be on the same route that Xiaobai and the other two were on.

So Xiaobai and her two companions curiously headed towards the camp. As they arrived at the camp's perimeter, they finally saw who was busy working inside.

There were four figures in the camp at this moment.

One of the figures, wearing a tall chef's hat and a neat, shiny white chef's uniform, stood meticulously in front of the stove, using tongs to turn the food on the wire mesh grill. Various slices of meat were sizzling and dripping oil onto the grill, with the meat in the center dripping oil into the charcoal fire, making pleasant crackling sounds. Around the edge of the grill were some pretentious vegetables, such as chives, corn, mushrooms, and leafy greens.

The person operating the furnace... or rather, the Deep Sea Dean, is one of the hundreds of Deep Sea Taihou in the newbie naval base.

"Huh? Isn't that the Admiral?"

Just as Xiaobai and his group were curiously watching the deep-sea phoenix flipping over the meat slices, a clear call rang out from beside them.

Xiao Bai and his group turned to look.

A ship girl with fair skin, short chestnut hair, green eyes, and wearing a distinctive red, white, and green uniform, with her loose coat pulled down to her forearms, was holding a cabbage and smiling at them.

The cabbage seemed to have just been washed, still glistening with moisture. The chestnut-haired ship girl hugged it tightly in her arms without any hesitation, the cabbage nestled against her chest like a baby, creating a captivating curve that was hard to look away from.

"Pompeii...?" Xiaobai asked the ship girl.

"Hmm, it's the great Pompeii. Admiral, it's been a while. You're back from Chapter Eight?"

"Ah...yes, yes..." Xiaobai was a little dazed. She said to Pompeii, "Are you...organizing a barbecue?"

“That’s right, Zara and I invited a friend to go camping and have a barbecue together today to celebrate,” Pompeii said to Xiaobai. Seeing Xiaobai’s inquisitive look, she immediately explained, “Hey! Admiral, just so you know, we’ve already reported to the naval base in advance about requesting Little Red Maid’s help, the barbecue area, and fire safety preparations! Lexington is handling this!”

"Oh...I see." Xiaobai nodded and smiled. "Then you guys continue, have fun, we won't bother you anymore."

"Hey, don't be in such a hurry to leave." As soon as Pompeii saw Xiaobai about to leave, she immediately came up with a smile, carrying Baicai. "I told you the Admiral is a man of good character, right? Our barbecue camp was only set up not long ago, and you've already arrived. So, would you like some of this first batch of freshly grilled meat?"

"Ah...no need...actually, I have other things to do..."

"Don't be shy, Admiral, come on in." Without saying a word, Pompeii stepped forward, took Xiaobai's hand, and smiled at Super Yamato and Jinan beside Xiaobai. "Super Yamato, and... little sister you don't know, come on in, the barbecue smells really good."

After saying that, Pompeii pulled Little White into the camp.

Pompeii was so welcoming that Xiaobai couldn't bear to refuse, and the aroma of roasted meat in the air was indeed quite intoxicating.

After exchanging a glance with Jinan, Jinan wiped his mouth and happily called out to Pompeii.

"Beautiful Pompeii sister! Thank you!"

"That sounds really nice. I'll give you the biggest chicken leg later."

"Great!"

The three of them, including Xiaobai, were pulled into the camp by Pompeii and brought to a table by the central campfire.

The deep-sea phoenix, who was turning the ingredients over the stove, looked up at Xiaobai. After staring at Xiaobai for a few seconds, she nodded to Xiaobai and turned the ingredients over even faster.

Xiao Bai and his group sat on chairs and watched as Pompeii put down the cabbage, rummaged through the camping mat filled with supplies not far away for a while, and then took out bowls, chopsticks, plates, beverage cups and a series of other things.

"Admiral, Zara just took the guests to prepare the seasonings. She'll be here soon."

"It's okay, let's ignore them and eat first."

Pompeii placed the bowls and chopsticks in front of Xiaobai and his group, then picked off a few of the tenderest cabbage leaves with his bare hands and placed them on Xiaobai's plate.

Just as Pompeii put down the cabbage leaves, it seemed that Deep Sea Phoenix had finally finished grilling the first round of meat. She took out the iron tongs and gently tapped them on the edge of the stove, making a clanging sound.

Upon hearing this, Pompeii immediately ran towards the stove. She carried a large iron plate to Deep Sea Phoenix, who carefully piled the vegetables and meat from the baking pan onto the iron plate. Then, she took out new raw meat and vegetables from the food bag next to her and began the second round of grilling on her own.

"Admiral! The barbecue is here!" Pompeii returned to Xiaobai's side with a metal plate, smiling as she placed it in front of him. "Admiral, please help yourself. There's more if you're not full. Zara and I prepared a super generous amount this time!"

"Ah... thank you, Pompeii."

"It is the great Pompeii."

Xiao Bai smiled at Pompeii, while Chao Da, sitting next to her, nodded slightly to Pompeii. Jinan, on the other hand, excitedly picked up his chopsticks and reached out to put a piece of roasted meat onto his plate.

"Yay, time to eat barbecue!" Jinan happily stuffed the barbecue into his mouth and started chewing.

"Jinan, is there still room in your belly?" Xiaobai asked Jinan with a smile.

"Admiral, the grilled meat and staple food go in different stomachs, okay?" Jinan chewed on some grilled meat, flashing a bright smile at Xiaobai. "Mmm! Delicious!"

Chapter 3788 Garibaldi

Food grilled by the Deep Sea Phoenix is, of course, delicious.

After all, the Deep Sea Taihou is an all-rounder... In Xiaobai's mental world, those towering buildings, wonders everywhere, and employees supporting the operation of various industries were all built and served by one Deep Sea Taihou after another.

Xiaobai has complete trust in the craftsmanship of Shenhai Dafeng.

"Admiral, is it delicious?" Pompeii asked with a smile as he sat opposite Xiaobai.

"Mmm, it's delicious." Xiaobai put down her chopsticks and said to Pompeii, "Pompeii, you should eat more too."

"Ah, I'll wait for Zara and the others to arrive. They'll be here soon..." Pompeii said, as he unscrewed the orange-flavored carbonated soda and poured a glass for each of the three of them. "It's quite a coincidence, isn't it? I was just talking to Zara and the others about you, Admiral, and I didn't expect you to actually come."

"Ah ha..." Xiaobai smiled.

It's not unusual for ship girls to talk about the admiral in the naval base.

The fact that Pompeii and Zara waited for Xiaobai after discussing the topic can only mean that they often talk about Xiaobai in their daily lives.

"Pompeii, how are you feeling since joining the garrison?" Xiaobai asked Pompeii.

“Me?” Pompeii blinked, slowly put down her carbonated soda, thought for a while, and sighed, “Sigh… To be honest, before meeting you, Admiral, I never thought that the life of a ship girl could become like this.”