Elder brother's garrison

"Is this change a good thing or a bad thing?" Xiaobai asked with a smile.

“That would be great, of course.” Pompeii nodded, and said with a touch of emotion, “Back when Zara and I were mercenary ship girls in human society, we were practically starving and barely had enough to eat… And I’m not exaggerating, Admiral, you know that I… am considered quite pretty among ship girls, and Zara is even more so. We were often harassed in human society because of this, and it was incredibly frustrating.”

"No one's bothering you anymore," Xiaobai said.

“That’s right, that’s why we were so lucky to have met the Admiral.” Pompeii spread his hands and said to Xiaobai, “After joining the naval base, the treatment was much better than we imagined. As for me personally… I was only a little unaccustomed to it at the beginning. The training intensity was too high, and Zara and I couldn’t keep up with the pace at all… But fortunately, the training of the big sister was very effective. With her help, Zara and I quickly caught up with the group.”

"Big Sister... are you talking about Veneto?"

"Yes."

"So you two are so close.

"Admiral, you're right. My ship and Veneto's ship are actually in the same faction."

"Oh, yes."

Xiaobai nodded and smiled at Pompeii.

"I'm finished eating!" Jinan said, raising his chopsticks and addressing Pompeii.

Everyone looked at Jinan and realized that while they were chatting, Jinan had secretly eaten all the barbecue that had been served.

At this point, only the sizzling chives and corn remained on the entire baking tray.

"Jinan, you should eat more vegetables too." Xiaobai picked up a piece of corn and put it on Jinan's plate.

"Haha, it's normal to like meat, eat more! The second pot is almost ready, I'll go get you some fresh ones." Pompeii said, laughing as he stood up.

Just as Pompeii got up to leave, the sound of footsteps on gravel approached the group.

Xiao Bai and his group all turned their heads and looked towards the source of the footsteps.

On the other side of the campfire, two ship girls were walking towards them.

The most eye-catching of these two ship girls is the one on the left carrying the condiments—she wears a red and white tight-fitting uniform, with a white umbrella uniquely tucked behind her waist. Her figure is slender and graceful, yet possesses a beautiful curve, especially her long and beautiful legs. Her short white hair sways gently with her steps. Her features are delicate and serene, and her movements and temperament appear capable yet elegant.

This is Zara, another ship girl who lived with the great Pompeii.

Xiaobai's curious gaze fell on another ship girl next to Zara.

The ship girl next to Zara is probably the "guest" that Pompeii mentioned earlier, the one she and Zara were going to entertain.

This is a ship girl who looks noticeably younger than Zara. Compared to Zara's mature and tall appearance, this ship girl's style is more rounded and cute. She is wearing a green uniform set, with two bright cherry-like buns in her hair, and big, bright eyes.

Xiaobai recognized the ship girl at a glance.

This is Garibaldi, a veteran ship girl from the newbie naval base.

Although she wasn't among the most dazzling figures in the star-studded, monster-ridden rookie naval base, and her daily training results weren't particularly outstanding, her training attitude was extremely serious and hardworking, highlighting perseverance and indomitable spirit. Several of the instructor ship girls in charge of training at the training ground, including Veneto and Washington, had praised her on several occasions as a ship girl with unlimited potential.

"Lord Pompeii, we're back..."

The little ship girl called out to everyone in a clear voice. She had only spoken halfway when she saw Xiaobai and his group sitting opposite Pompeii. She froze, her voice trailing off, and she immediately became surprised.

"Hey!! Admiral!! Is that you, Admiral?!"

"Hello, Garibaldi," Little White greeted Garibaldi, "and Zara too."

"Hey! Sir, the sir called my name!" Garibaldi cupped her cheeks and took two steps back, quite pleased with herself.

"..." Little White smiled at Garibaldi, "So you're the guest Pompeii was talking about."

“Ah—yes!” Garibaldi lowered her hand, looked at Pompeii, then at Zara, and then smiled and nodded at Little White.

This is a ship girl with a very cheerful personality.

“We’re kind of sisters with Garibaldi, so we usually get along quite well. Today, after training, Garibaldi broke several of her personal records, so we’re celebrating for her,” Pompeii explained to Xiaobai, adding with a proud laugh at the end. “Hmm—at this rate, Garibaldi might not be far from being transformed!”

"Hehe, I wish it could really be modified." Garibaldi scratched his head and said with a smile to everyone.

"You've trained very hard, you'll definitely improve." Zara said gently to Garibaldi, holding a tray of condiments. She stepped forward and placed the tray on the table. "Admiral, is the roast meat delicious?"

"Mmm, it's delicious... Um, sorry, we ate the whole first pot of barbecue." Xiaobai said to Zara.

“…” Zara shook her head, bent down and scooped out two spoonfuls of seasoning, putting them into Xiaobai’s plate. “If the admiral likes it, we will be very satisfied.”

While Zara was getting closer, Pompeii took the opportunity to go to the campfire and bring over a plate of fresh roasted meat.

After placing a plate of sizzling, oily grilled meat on the table, Zara picked up two pieces of meat with her chopsticks. With her other hand, she pinched a lettuce leaf, dipped the grilled meat in some seasoning, and placed it on the lettuce leaf. She then added some minced garlic and chili. With her slender, fair fingers working nimbly, a lettuce wrap was ready.

Zara gently held the lettuce-wrapped meat with her thumb and forefinger, placed her other hand flat below, and handed the lettuce-wrapped meat to Xiaobai's mouth.

"Admiral, have a taste."

"Ah... thank you..." Xiaobai took the lettuce-wrapped meat from Zara, took a bite, and said, "Mmm... delicious."

Zara didn't say anything, she just nodded silently.

"Admiral, admiral, I want one too!" Jinan tugged at Xiaobai's wrist, looking at Xiaobai with longing eyes.

"Let me wrap one for you." Xiaobai smiled at Jinan and, imitating Zara's earlier actions, wrapped a lettuce-wrapped meat dish and held it to Jinan's mouth.

Jinan immediately opened its mouth wide, made an "ah" sound, and bit the food that Xiaobai handed it.

Jinan cuddled her cheeks contentedly and chewed away.

"Is it good?" Xiaobai asked.

"Mmm!" Jinan nodded, swallowed the roasted meat, and tugged at Xiaobai's sleeve. "Admiral!"

"what's wrong?"

"Garibaldi is the fourth missile ship girl."

"Oh..." Xiaobai was still using her chopsticks to pick up some grilled meat. She was just about to put it in her mouth when she suddenly froze, turning her head to look at Jinan. "Huh?"

Chapter 3789 Congratulations on the Transformation

Jinan's words came so suddenly that Xiaobai was completely unprepared.

Xiao Bai's mouth was slightly open as he stared blankly at Jinan beside him.

On Jinan's fair face, a few specks of chili-colored barbecue seasoning still clung to the corners of her rosy lips. Her gaze shifted from Xiao Bai's face to the piece of barbecue that Xiao Bai was holding with her chopsticks.

"Admiral, barbecue, barbecue, ah... ah..."

Jinan rubbed against Xiaobai, pressing her small, plump, and soft body against him, pulling on his sleeve, and affectionately opening her mouth towards him.

After a moment of stunned silence, Xiaobai finally came to her senses.

Her gaze suddenly became somewhat strange. She silently picked up a slice of roasted meat from her chopsticks and put it into Jinan's mouth, then put down her chopsticks and looked at Garibaldi.

Garibaldi was setting out plates and condiments at the other end of the table. Her hands were busy, and she was also turning her head to chat and laugh with Zara and Pompeii beside her. Her round and lovely face was filled with a happy and content smile.

Xiao Bai turned his gaze back to Jinan.

Jinan was happily munching on roasted meat, looking blissfully oblivious to everything else.

"...So...the ship girl we're looking for this time is Garibaldi?" Xiaobai asked Jinan.

"Yes!" Jinan nodded.

"Sigh... so it wasn't in the ship girl dormitory after all..." Xiaobai sighed to herself.

"Hmm? Garibaldi?" Just as Xiaobai was whispering to Jinan, Zara, who was very close to Xiaobai, seemed to have heard Xiaobai say Garibaldi's name. She stopped what she was doing and looked at Xiaobai intently. "Is the Admiral not just passing by by chance this time, but came here specifically to look for Garibaldi?"

Zara's voice echoed throughout the entire dining table.

Pompeii, who had just taken a bite of roasted meat, stopped eating and looked at Little White with curiosity.

"Huh? You wanted to see me?!" Garibaldi stopped what he was doing and looked at Xiaobai in surprise. "Did the Admiral want to see me about something?"

"They probably didn't come here to look for Garibaldi, did they?" Pompeii said, swallowing a piece of roasted meat. "Garibaldi's quarters aren't here... Ah, or did the admiral go to Garibaldi's place first, find no one there, and then ask around for directions to find this place?"

All eyes at the dinner table immediately turned to Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai smiled rather embarrassedly.

“Well… how should I put it…” Xiaobai scratched his head, “Actually, our arrival here was somewhat accidental, but also somewhat intentional… We did come here to find Garibaldi, but we didn’t know it was her until we met her.”

"That's a strange way of putting it."

“Yeah, that’s a strange way of saying it. Jinan, why don’t you explain it to everyone?” Xiaobai looked at Jinan and said with a smile.

Having just swallowed the barbecue in Jinan, she picked up a piece of paper and wiped her shiny pink lips with it, then looked up and smiled at the ship girls on the table.

"Hehe, actually, the Admiral, me, and my sister Chaoda came here to find ship girls who can be modified for missiles."

"Missile modification?!"

As soon as Jinan finished speaking, Pompeii, Zara, and Garibaldi at the table exclaimed in unison in surprise.

Pompey and Zara both looked at Garibaldi.

"Hey! Garibaldi! Did you hear that?! The Admiral wants to see you to work on missile modifications!"

"Huh...really?...Me?" Garibaldi pointed at himself, completely stunned, his large eyes filled with disbelief. "Missile ship equipment...wait, that doesn't make sense, I haven't entered the modification phase yet..."

"Sigh, this is an old problem." Xiaobai interjected, patting Jinan on the shoulder and saying to Garibaldi, "This is Jinan, a ship girl who has only joined our naval base a few months ago. She was staying in Chapter 8 and didn't have time to come back to the naval base to meet everyone... But in any case, everyone here will definitely know in the future that Jinan's ship equipment ability can discover and tap into a ship girl's missile talent. We followed Jinan's ability all the way here this time."

"Is there really such a powerful shipboard capability?" Everyone was surprised once again when they heard about the effects of Jinan's capabilities.

"She's rather special... There are three other ship girls who are just as special as her: Montana, whom we sent back before, and Henry, who are ship girls of the same type as Jinan," Xiaobai explained to the three.

“Montana… Oh, I remember now, the older sisters said she was the one who fought Frederick the Great in a one-on-one duel on the training field and won!” Upon hearing Montana’s name for the first time, Garibaldi immediately clasped his hands together, his eyes overflowing with admiration and respect. “What an amazing ship girl! It’s a pity I didn’t get to meet her; she went back to Chapter 8 with the Admiral…”

"Is Henry the submarine that recently arrived at the naval base? Goodness, she really gave us a hard time when she first came..." Pompeii seemed to shudder slightly upon hearing Henry's name, as if suffering from PTSD, before an indescribable expression appeared on his face. "So she's a special ship girl... I knew there couldn't be such an outrageous existence... Luckily, Lexington later sent Henry to participate in the training battle outside the naval base..."

Xiaobai smiled as she looked at the ship girls.

"Speaking of which, Jinan, how did you determine that the target for the renovation was Garibaldi?" Xiaobai asked Jinan again. "Aren't Pompeii and Zara still in front of us?"

“Well…” Jinan nodded, blinked, and stared at Garibaldi. “Because the scent of Garibaldi’s modification is too strong… She should be in the most obvious stage of awakening her missile talent. I could smell the scent emanating from her as soon as she came out.”

“Oh, I can vouch for that. Garibaldi’s training results these past few days have indeed been quite good,” Pompeii said, raising his hand.

“In excellent form.” Zara nodded.

"Hmm...that's true. After all, your camping barbecue was held to celebrate Garibaldi breaking his personal record." Xiaobai nodded, then smiled and turned to Garibaldi, "So Garibaldi...it's a bit sudden, but would you be willing to become a missile ship girl?"

All eyes turned to Garibaldi.

Garibaldi seemed to be still reeling from the series of shocking events. She scratched her head blankly, looking at everyone in a daze.

“Missile ship equipment…” Garibaldi murmured, as if she were talking about a term that was quite distant from her own life. Her eyes quickly lit up as she looked intently at Shiro, “…Missile ship equipment…Admiral, can I really become a missile ship girl? I’ve never even touched a missile before, you know?”

"Gold will always shine," Xiaobai said to Garibaldi.

Little White's words of encouragement were rather simple, but they seemed quite pleasing to Garibaldi's ears.

Garibaldi's expression clearly brightened.

"Thank you, Admiral! I...I want to become a missile ship!" Garibaldi clenched her fists, her eyes shining brightly, and immediately said to Shiro, "I will work hard! I will become the hardest-working ship girl! Please modify me now!"

"Hey hey, since you've said that, it's my turn! My turn!"

Jinan raised his hand, attracting everyone's attention.

Under everyone's gaze, Jinan rubbed his hands together, and a faint white light emanated from his palms, flowing towards Garibaldi.

The pale white light emanated onto Pompeii and Zara, but as expected, there was no reaction. More pale white light slowly merged into Garibaldi's body under everyone's watchful eyes.

Garibaldi seemed to sense something; she raised her hands and examined herself.

A pale white light slowly emanated from her skin, shimmering through her cherry-red hair, and a faint light began to shine from the depths of her large green eyes.

"Ah...this feeling...is this the feeling of transformation? It's amazing...even though I didn't do anything..." Garibaldi was somewhat surprised.

"To be precise, it's because of your previous hard work and perseverance that you've accumulated a very solid foundation." Jinan put down his hand and said to Garibaldi, "At most, I just gave you a push. The ability to modify the missile is mainly due to your own talent and hard work."

"Thank you." Garibaldi lowered his hand and smiled gratefully at Jinan.

"Garibaldi, how do you feel now?" Pompeii immediately leaned over.

“Lord Pompeii, I feel… a swelling inside me… so hot… as if something is about to overflow,” Garibaldi said.

“Congratulations, Garibaldi,” Zara smiled at Garibaldi.

"Thank you, Sister Zara!"

"Admiral, are you in a hurry? If not, why don't you finish the barbecue first and then have Garibaldi do the modifications?" Pompeii asked Xiaobai.

"Sure, let's eat first." Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

"Good, good, good!" Pompeii took a bottle of sparkling water from her ship's storage space. She stood up, placed one hand on a stool, and vigorously shook the bottle several times before pointing it at the sky. "In short! Three, two, one!! Garibaldi! Congratulations on your retrofit!!!"

Boo!