Elder brother's garrison

Nia's murmurs came from the room and then disappeared.

……

After leaving Nia's room, Xiaobai quickly returned to her dormitory.

When Xiaobai returned to his dormitory, Shenhai Chicheng had just gotten up.

In the dimly lit dormitory environment, Akagi Shinkai was yawning softly, sitting on the edge of the bed waiting for Shiro to return.

She used the thin bed sheet as a wide shawl to cover herself, but she covered herself very casually. Under the influence of gravity, the sheet slid down from her full body curves, revealing large areas of snow-white skin through the gaps in the folded sheet.

When Akagi looked up and saw Shiro return, a relieved smile appeared on her tired yet satisfied and beautiful face.

"Master, you are back."

"Deep Sea Akagi, did you just wake up?" Xiaobai closed the door behind her and then sat down next to Deep Sea Akagi.

"Hmm... I just woke up." Akagi Fukami closed her eyes, naturally bent over to the side, and rested her head on Shiro's head.

Actually, Akagi wanted to rest her head on Shiro's shoulder, but unfortunately, Akagi was much taller than Shiro, so it would be inconvenient for her to rest her head on Shiro's shoulder in this position. Therefore, she had to settle for resting her head on Shiro's head instead.

"You got up much earlier than usual today. Is it because it's so noisy outside?" Xiaobai asked.

"It's alright, it's alright." Akagi Fukami said with a smile, her eyes closed. "I woke up naturally because I noticed that the space beside me felt empty."

"Ah... I just went outside to take a look." Xiaobai scratched her cheek a little embarrassedly.

"Hmm." Akagi didn't ask what Shiro had been doing; she nodded with a smile. "Is Master going out later?"

"I guess I'll have to go out."

"Since that's the case, there's nothing we can do about it." Akagi Fukami pulled her shawl tighter and then naturally lay down on the bed. "Then I'll rest a little longer on Your Majesty's bed."

"Then you should get some rest," Xiaobai said to Shenhai Chicheng.

Akagi chuckled softly, her voice gentle and melodious. Then, she gracefully raised one of her long, slender, and fair legs, and with a gentle roll, skillfully wrapped a foot-long sheet around herself.

"Oh, by the way, Deep Sea Akagi, there's something I'd like to ask you," Xiaobai said, looking at Deep Sea Akagi.

"Hmm? What does my lord want to ask?"

Did you hear any noises last night?

“Nothing happened last night.” Fukami Akagi lay on her side on the bed, hugging the sheet. She tilted her head slightly and recalled for a while before shaking her head.

"That's it."

Xiao Bai murmured something under his breath.

It seems that Akagi from the Deep Sea, like himself, didn't hear the strange noises at midnight.

Xiaobai was not surprised by this result.

Chapter 3963 Xiaobai's Plans

Regarding the "strange" sound that clearly spread throughout Chapter 8 last night, but failed to reach Xiaobai's ears... Although it's still just speculation, Xiaobai already has some ideas of her own.

If I'm not mistaken, the sound did indeed come from the Black Tower.

Ok……

wrong……

To be more precise, it shouldn't be considered a "sound".

As Nia and Kewei just mentioned, although the content of the sounds they heard last night was different, when that strange sound rang out, they both had a feeling that... it was not that they "heard" the sound with their ears, but that the sound "emerged" automatically from their minds.

That's why the strange sound "sounded" so clearly and so shocking, sending chills down one's spine and leaving an unforgettable impression.

When Xiaobai sat in Nia's dormitory and heard Nia finish speaking, she immediately understood.

—Very interesting.

—Listening to Nia and Formidable's description... it's less like they captured a sound through hearing, and more like they were forced into a mental "dialogue" by some being.

For example, if Xiaobai activates the Admiral Network and uses mental energy to remotely communicate with his own ship girls, it should have a similar effect.

However, if Xiaobai communicates with his own ship girls using mental energy, he certainly won't scare them. The reason why most people in Chapter 8 were startled and resistant to the appearance of that voice is mainly because, apart from most of them being unfamiliar with mental energy, the mental energy released by the Black Tower is quite strong. Without anyone's consent, it directly and unilaterally "invaded" the bodies of the admiral and the ship girls, initiating a forced dialogue.

Oh... how presumptuous of me.

These days, if an admiral uses the admiral's network to scan ship girls who don't belong to their own naval base, the ship girls can report them to the military police for "indecent assault." This black tower has invaded the bodies of so many people and ship girls overnight, forcibly broadcasting messages—no wonder people feel resentful…

Therefore, what the Black Tower emitted last night was not a sound, but a kind of spiritual power.

Thinking about this, Xiaobai suddenly understood many things.

Why did all the ship girls and admirals hear that strange sound, but Xiaobai didn't...?

That's because Xiaobai is different from other admirals and even other ship girls. She possesses an exceptionally terrifying mental power. With the support and protection of such a massive mental power, even in an unconscious state, she always maintains an unbreakable mental defense line, which cannot be broken by the mental power released by the Black Tower.

As for why Akagi of the Deep Sea didn't hear that sound...

Xiaobai gazed quietly at Shenhai Chicheng, who was resting on the bed. Looking at her beautiful yet slightly tired face after a night of tenderness, a faint sadness appeared in her eyes.

Xiaobai doesn't believe that the mental energy released by the Black Tower has the ability to distinguish between deep-sea creatures and ship girls.

In fact, as Xiaobai's understanding of the Deep Sea Dean's existence deepened, she increasingly felt that the Deep Sea Dean and the ship girls were highly similar beings. In fact, just on the level of mental power, Xiaobai felt that there was no essential difference between the ship girls and the Deep Sea Dean.

At most... maybe the only difference is that the Dean of the Deep Sea Academy's mental strength is generally much stronger than that of the ship girls.

However, this difference is only quantitative and has not yet reached a qualitative level.

Therefore, the Abyssal Deans should also be able to hear the strange sounds emitted by the Black Tower... The reason why Abyssal Akagi cannot hear them is probably because Abyssal Akagi is neither an Abyssal nor a ship girl, and as a human, she does not have the qualifications to become an admiral... Her spiritual power has long since dissipated along with the vanished ship equipment.

People without mental strength cannot hear the voice of the Black Tower at all, just like the analogy that Xiaobai often uses—even the world's top hackers cannot hack into a brick.

"Deep Sea Akagi, I'm leaving now," Xiaobai couldn't help but say to Deep Sea Akagi.

"Yes, my lord, have a safe journey." Deep Sea Akagi nestled in Shiro's bed, smiling as she pulled up the sheet, closed her eyes, and sniffed the scent on it. "Mmm... my lord's scent, so warm."

Are you sure you can smell my scent?

"Can't the Lord smell it?"

"This house is filled with your scent now..."

"Hehe... then Master, please remember to take care of eliminating the odor later." Akagi covered her mouth and chuckled. She turned over on the bed, and the thin sheet slipped off her body, revealing her alluring white waistline and a head of smooth black hair like that of a ship girl.

After saying goodbye to Akagi, Shiro left his dormitory alone.

Because of her conversation with Nia and her return to the dormitory to say goodbye to Akagi, Shiro left the dormitory at the same time as her usual wake-up time.

As soon as Xiaobai closed the door after leaving the dormitory, she turned around and saw a tall figure in a black dress appear at the corner of the stairwell at the end of the corridor.

Chao Da seemed preoccupied today. She was moving her feet slowly, head down, seemingly lost in thought, as she cautiously approached him.

Xiaobai stood still and waited until Chaoda was about to bump into her, then she gently called out to Chaoda.

"Good morning, Yamato."

"Ah..." Chao Dahe's shoulders trembled. She subconsciously looked up and saw Xiao Bai, who was already dressed and standing in front of her. Chao Dahe stared wide-eyed at the closed dormitory door of Xiao Bai. "Admiral... you're up..."

"Yeah, I have to go to work today," Xiaobai said with a smile to Chaodahe. "I'll have to trouble you to come to work with me again today."

"..." Chao Dahe immediately shook his head, indicating with his eyes that he was not in trouble.

"Oh, by the way, Yamato, I have a question for you."

"Wh-what...what is it!" Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, Chaodahe immediately panicked and stammered in response.

“I want to ask…” Xiaobai looked at Chaoda and his flustered, guilty and uneasy expression, and suddenly laughed, “Ah… um, I want to ask if you heard the bell last night.”

"...The bell?" Chao Dahe was taken aback.

"Yes, the sound of bells."

"...Oh..." Looking at Shiro's smile, Chao Yamato seemed to realize that she might have misunderstood something. She then breathed a sigh of relief, and a complex expression of relief and regret appeared on her face. "The bell...Admiral, I did hear the bell last night."

"As expected, Dean Shenhai can hear it too," Xiaobai replied.

"What Deep Sea Dean?" Chao Da asked, bewildered.

"It's nothing, let's go to work."

Xiaobai reached out and pinched Chaodahe's fingers, smiling as she led her downstairs.

Feeling the pull from the fingers, Chaoda immediately turned around and followed Xiaobai away from the spot.

As they went downstairs, Chao Da glanced at the sky with a hint of melancholy.

……

Actually... although Chao Yahe has a mature body, she is still quite young in some ways.

For example... Super Big and really don't know how to hide their emotions.

In fact, Xiaobai could clearly sense that ever since she returned to Chapter 8, Chaodahe seemed to be hiding something from her. She seemed to be doing her best to prevent Xiaobai from knowing certain things in her own way.

Although Chao Dahe is very good at fighting, she still has a lot to learn about interpersonal relationships. As for her current performance... she is even worse than Xiaobai.

Even a novice could tell that Chaoda was preoccupied, which is enough to prove how bad Chaoda is at managing his emotions.

But...

Xiaobai didn't actually expose the secret behind the "super big" thing.

After thinking about it for a moment, Xiaobai could guess that what Chao Yamato was hiding from her was probably related to Shenhai Yamato pretending to be asleep and not seeing her last night... After all, every time Xiaobai said she was going to see Shenhai Yamato yesterday, Chao Yamato would act extremely nervous.

So... did Yamato-neechan instruct Chū Yamato not to let her take him to see her?

So why won't Yamato see me?

Generally speaking, this situation where someone doesn't want to see another person is caused by some kind of emotional rift between them.

But Shiro doesn't feel that there's any rift in his relationship with Yamato.

They're doing great.

After all, before becoming Shiro's marriage ship, Abyssal Yamato was Shiro's "older sister" in the naval base. The two were not only loving lovers, but also sisters in a sense. With this double bond, the connection between Shiro and Abyssal Yamato was quite deep.

So, although Xiaobai didn't actually see Deepsea Yamato in person yesterday, they still chatted with him online for a while using a chat app.

In response to Xiaobai's statement that "I went to see Yamato-neechan today, but Yamato-neechan was sleeping, so I had to go back first so as not to disturb her, what a pity qvq", Shenhai Yamato finally replied before dark. She first sent a 2D emoticon of someone who had just woken up, and then said that she was indeed sleeping in and was sorry that she didn't hear Xiaobai's voice, but now that it was dark, she didn't want to make another trip. She suggested that they could chat online, since she was always there.

—In a sense, the Deepsea Yamato and the Super Yamato share the same level of immaturity.

—After all, even the excuses that Yamato from the Deep Sea can come up with are so terrible.

If it weren't for the fact that every time Xiaobai entered the chat interface with Shenhai Yamato during the day, she would have found that the other party's online status kept changing between "typing" and "idle", she would have actually believed Shenhai Yamato's nonsense.

Therefore, Xiaobai can be quite confident in one thing: the fact that Shenhai Yamato is not seeing him has absolutely nothing to do with their relationship.

There must be another reason why Yamato isn't meeting me.

Although Xiaobai is still unclear about the reason why she doesn't want to meet with him... well, as for Yamato-neechan's matter... Yamato-neechan must have her reasons, and Xiaobai says he should respect them.

At least show some respect on the surface.

If she doesn't want to see me for the time being, I won't force her to go...

At worst, I can wait for an opportunity and sneak over to Yamato's dorm to see her. As long as Yamato doesn't know I went to see her, I won't be going against her wishes.

As Xiaobai came downstairs, she glanced at Chao Yahe, who looked preoccupied. Thinking about the plan in her mind, the smile on her lips grew wider and wider.

Chapter 3964 There's One More Thing

When Chaoda followed Xiaobai downstairs, he looked gloomy and sighed, as if he had eaten a bitter melon.

Xiaobai guessed that Super Yamato must have received a strict order from Deep Sea Yamato, forbidding her from revealing the current situation to her... Super Yamato did indeed obey, although her expression practically screamed, "I've concealed something from the Admiral, I'm guilty, I'm sorry," so whether she obeyed or not made no difference.

Although Super Yamato deliberately concealed information about Deep Sea Yamato, Shiro wasn't angry.

After all, she, Super Yamato, and Deep Sea Yamato are all family. And family members... everyone sleeps in the same bed, so there's no question of betrayal.

Compared to such trivial matters, it was rare for Xiaobai to see Chao Dahe with such a vivid expression of distress and worry. She found Chao Dahe quite rare now, so she decided to leave it as it was and enjoy Chao Dahe's performance more.

Of course, neither Xiaobai nor Chaoda knows what's going on in his head.

But Chao Dahe clearly felt that Xiao Bai was intentionally or unintentionally casting a smiling gaze at her face, a feeling that made her feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Admiral... is there something strange on my face?" Super-large and small voices asked.

"No."

"Then...why is the admiral staring at me the whole time...?"

Do you want to know why I keep looking at you?