Elder brother's garrison

Despite his pleas, the world's number one admiral refused to accept his rainbow cannon, and also rejected his idea of ​​handing it over to the admiral's guild as supplies. Instead, he wanted him to take his rainbow cannon and the admiral's guild's rewards home to share his harvest and joy with his ship girls.

As Admiral Li Chen thought of this, he felt his legs go weak and his whole body swayed uncontrollably.

So... did the world's number one admiral spare his life because of his sincere attitude?

Not sure.

do not know.

Do not understand.

But Admiral Li Chen wanted to go home and get a good night's sleep.

He did survive today.

Admiral Li Chen let out a long sigh of relief, looking down at the white flower on his chest, and fell silent.

That being said... actually, after getting up close and personal with him, Admiral Li Chen felt that the world's number one admiral's appearance wasn't as fierce as rumored.

The world's number one admiral pinned her medal on herself very gently. She smelled quite sweet, like a delicate osmanthus. Her white hair draped over her shoulders, and up close, it looked as smooth and natural as a ship girl's, not at all like it was dyed. Although she was indeed a bit petite, her temperament and appearance were like those of a celestial being...

As Admiral Li Chen thought of this, he suddenly felt his heart skip a beat, and then, with a start, he quickly raised his hand and slapped himself.

Snapped!

The crisp sound made the passing Admiral Guild staff stop in their tracks and turn to look with curiosity.

This was the first time that the staff of the Admiral's Guild had taken the initiative to look at Admiral Li Chen.

Admiral Li Chen rubbed his swollen cheek, gave an awkward smile to the people around him, and then calmed down.

What a courage!

For a fleeting moment, I actually thought the world's number one admiral was a cute girl...

Ugh.

I really should go home and sleep.

By the way... next time he goes on the Admiral Forum, he needs to clear all his past posts, then post a few more praising the world's number one Admiral, and like all the posts praising the world's number one Admiral...

Admiral Li Chen, carrying a small wooden tray, walked absentmindedly towards the door.

……

After Admiral Li Chen left the Admiral's Guild, Chao Da and Silently watched his figure disappear into the crowd on the street from the corner of the Admiral's Guild's gate.

Only after Admiral Li Chen was completely out of sight did Chao Yahe silently turn around and walk into the Admiral's Guild.

Chao Dahe returned to the previous reception room, raised her hand to open the door, and walked into the reception room.

Inside the reception room where the "Admiral Commendation Ceremony" was held, Xiao Bai was sitting in the center, one hand supporting his fair cheek, the other listlessly flipping through the documents in his hand, seemingly lost in thought about writing something.

"Admiral, I'm back." Chao Dahe called out to Xiaobai after closing the door.

"Hmm... Ah, you're back." Hearing Chao Yamato's voice, Xiaobai smiled and looked up, giving him a knowing smile. "Have all the photos taken at the awards ceremony been sent to the publicity department?"

"Delivered." Chao Yahe nodded, then walked up to Xiaobai. "Admiral, are you thinking about something?"

"Huh? What?"

"When I came in just now, you seemed to be spacing out."

"Ah... I was a little distracted." Xiaobai smiled and said to Chao Yamato, "I was just thinking about why Admiral Li Chen is always so focused on giving me the rainbow cannons."

"..." Super Big blinked. "Isn't a rainbow cannon good?"

"How could that be? Rainbow cannons are extremely rare ship girl weapons, especially those on battleships." Xiaobai shook her head. "Even in our newbie naval base, rainbow cannons aren't widespread enough for all battleships to be at full strength."

"Oh..." Chao Yahe thought for a moment, then suddenly asked curiously, "Then why didn't you accept it just now, Admiral?"

"Huh? What do you mean, why?"

"Doesn't our naval base also need more colorful cannons?"

"Oh...that's true." Xiaobai laughed upon hearing this. She straightened up and waved at Chaoda with a smile. "Who would complain about having too many rainbow cannons? Of course I want one, but...that rainbow cannon was something someone else worked hard to get through an event. It was their good fortune, and I couldn't very well steal it from them. I don't like taking other people's equipment, and besides, it wouldn't be good for the Admiral's Guild's reputation if word got out."

"Oh..." Chao Da and some people seemed to understand but not quite.

Although in the minds of deep-sea creatures, as long as their main gun is big enough, not to mention colorful cannons, everything in this world should be theirs, but... since the admiral doesn't want it, then the admiral is right.

"To figure this out, I just went through Admiral Li Chen's information again," Xiaobai said to Chaodahe.

"Did the admiral discover anything?"

"I didn't find anything... The information here is all written quite normally." Xiaobai picked up the folder in one hand. "Admiral Li Chen is an admiral who is quite normal in terms of the number of expeditions, the success rate of completing missions, and the strength of the naval base. There's nothing strange about his background and resume either. Hmm... But if I had to say what the only bright spot in this information is... it's probably that the Admiral Guild found out that he liked a few posts on the Admiral Forum that discussed me, and also made a few comments in the posts such as 'filling the word count and gaining experience,' and '+1.'"

"The Admiral's Guild can even find out about this...?"

"This is an awards ceremony to recognize outstanding admirals. Of course, we need to do a preliminary investigation before we can recognize them," Xiaobai said with a smile.

"Oh……"

"So I still can't figure out why he gave me the rainbow cannon... He's such a strange person." Xiaobai put down the data and stretched. "I've also looked at the stats of that rainbow cannon in the data. Although it's not as good as Yamato's 460mm main gun, nor as good as your 510mm main gun, it's still much better than most gold-quality battleship main guns."

"...Are Yamato's main gun and my main gun also colored?"

"of course."

Are there significant differences in strength between the colored main guns?

"The equipment of the ship girls is amazing, isn't it?"

Chapter 3973 Ticonderoga's Life's Most Important Event

Ship girls' equipment is indeed classified into different grades by humans based on their general attribute differences.

But as the old saying goes, some ship girl equipment is colored because its attributes do meet the standards for colored equipment, while other ship girl equipment is colored because the highest level in equipment grade is colored.

Like the Yamato Cannon of Deep Sea Yamato,

The Yamato Gun is the kind of ship girl equipment that, even among colored-grade equipment, would be considered to be at the top level.

The first-clear reward for the third floor of the Black Tower is a rainbow battleship cannon with very good stats, much stronger than the regular gold battleship main gun. However, it is still much inferior to the top-tier Yamato cannon or even the super Yamato cannon among the rainbow equipment.

Therefore, Xiao Bai was not interested in the colorful battle cannon in Admiral Li Chen's hands at all.

If they even steal weapons like this... once the news gets out, people might think the rookie naval commander is some country bumpkin who's never seen the world.

Thinking this, Xiao Bai closed Admiral Li Chen's file and put it aside.

After finishing up in the guest room, Xiaobai and Chaoda returned to the chairman's hall.

When Xiaobai and her companion returned to the guild hall, Ticonderoga and the other five guard ship girls were gathered together in front of the guild office, discussing something. As soon as they saw Xiaobai return, the six of them immediately stood in a row in front of her and shouted loudly.

"President, you are back!"

"No need to be so formal here, just relax." Xiaobai waved her hand with a smile, then looked at the guard of ship girls in front of her and asked, "Were you chatting just now? What were you talking about?"

"Ah... President, I'm sorry..."

“I don’t mean to blame you. The environment here is very relaxed, and the rules don’t say you can’t chat during work hours.”

"I see……"

The ship girls in the guard exchanged glances, then looked at Xiaobai with tender eyes.

"President, we were just discussing whether there's anything we can do here..."

"Ok?"

"Well, since becoming a member of the Royal Guard, our monthly salary has increased quite a bit, right..." The ship girls cautiously poked at their fingers, looking around somewhat nervously. "But... it feels like the Royal Guard's work is much less demanding than the previous patrol duties, which makes us feel rather unsafe... so we were just discussing whether we should help with some cleaning or something..."

"...There are dedicated cleaning staff to do the cleaning."

"Then, help transport the supplies..."

"Staff will also deliver the goods to your door."

"President... what use are we then..." The ship girls of the Royal Guard looked dejected.

"..." Xiaobai looked at the guard ship girls with some surprise, "I didn't expect you guys to be so enthusiastic about your work."

"We're paid such high salaries, we can't just be decorative figures in front of the chairman..."

"Uh..." Xiaobai was speechless for a moment.

Actually, Xiaobai really wanted to explain to the ship girls in her personal guard that their monthly salary was actually higher than that of the personal guard, and their work was much easier, often going a long, long time without being called upon to go on a mission...

But after thinking for a while, Xiaobai gave up on explaining.

I feel like if I say it out loud, it would be Versailles' fault... so I'll just leave it at that.

"Okay, I think I understand what you mean." Xiaobai said to the guard ship girls, "You mean you want to find something to do, at least to make up for the salary you're getting, right?"

“Yes! That’s exactly what I mean!” The guard ship girls nodded immediately.

"Let me think about it." Xiaobai tapped his chin and muttered to himself, "Hmm... As for protecting my safety... Actually, having Super Yamato by my side is enough. There are also people responsible for the daily cleaning of this guild hall. Besides, if it really comes to cleaning, it's not the Royal Guard's place to do such things... As for moving supplies and such, that's even more..."

The more Xiaobai talked, the more frustrated the guard ship girls in front of her became.

Fortunately, after thinking for a while, Xiaobai's gaze drifted over Chao Yamato's face, and then she suddenly seemed to realize something and gently clapped her hands.

"Oh, right." Xiaobai clapped her hands and said with a smile to the ship girls, "You want to do work worthy of the name of the Royal Guard, right? I've got an idea."

"President! What kind of job is it?!" The eyes of the guard ship girls immediately lit up.

"Black Tower." Xiaobai clasped her hands together, rested her palms on one cheek, and said to the ship girls, "Since you are my personal guard, you can be considered my private army. So, help me challenge Black Tower!"

"Huh? Challenging the Black Tower?" The guard ship girls pointed at themselves, stunned for a moment.

"Yes, is that okay?" Xiaobai asked, putting her hand down.

“It’s possible…but how could you have such an idea, President…” the ship girls of the Royal Guard asked curiously.

"The rewards for the Black Tower are so generous, of course I want to give it a try." Xiaobai said to the guard ship girls, "After all, there are colored equipment. I'm busy with guild work and can't get away for a while, so you guys go and challenge the Black Tower for me."

"what……"

After hearing what Xiaobai said, the guard ship girls looked at each other with some surprise and delight.

So... is this considered a special mission?

Finally, a burning gaze appeared in the eyes of the guard ship girls.

Taking the place of the guild leader and leading an expedition to challenge the Black Tower...

good good!

This is exactly what the Royal Guard's job entails!

"President, please leave this to us! We will do our best to help you clear the Black Tower!" The guard ship girls immediately stepped forward and spoke with high spirits.

"Then I'll leave it to you all." Xiaobai smiled at the guard ship girls.

……

The ship girls in the Royal Guard are, after all, originally from patrol teams, so they can move at sea very quickly.

Xiaobai had just finished processing a dozen or so documents in the office when the ship girls of the Royal Guard had already sped all the way to node 8-4 and arrived on the sea.

"Admiral, we've reached the sea surface of node 8-4. Next, we'll head to the deeper waters where the Black Tower is located... Can you see the scenery here clearly from your end?" Ticonderoga transmitted images of the shore and sea surface of node 8-4 simultaneously through the Admiral Network.

"Yes, I can see it very clearly." Xiaobai closed one eye in the office, and a bustling coastline and the sea surface where ship girls occasionally flew by automatically appeared in his mind. At the same time, Ticonderoga's cautious and tentative voice echoed in his mind.

"Ah... as long as the Admiral can receive it clearly..." Ticonderoga's voice held a hint of relief. "...Speaking of which, I've heard from other ship girls who have linked with other Admirals that while the Admiral Network allows communication with the Admiral, it mostly only transmits text messages and still images... If it were to transmit sound and moving images, it would put a lot of mental strain on the Admiral..."

"I'm okay."

"Admiral is amazing... Your Admiral Network feels like it could be used as a really useful video call..." Ticonderoga muttered softly.

"..." Xiao Bai, who was processing documents in the office, closed his eyes, smiled and curled the corners of his mouth, "If you're worried, you can always keep the mental communication link, even during battle."

"Well, that's fine then... But I heard that once we enter the Black Tower, the mental link will be severed, so the Admiral probably won't be able to see us fighting..."

"Then let my network of admirals send you more supplies."

"Thank you, Admiral!"

As Xiaobai spoke, she put down her pen, picked up her teacup, and took a sip of juice.

Standing next to Xiaobai, Chaoda held a juice bottle and continued to refill Xiaobai's teacup.

……

After Ticonderoga finished communicating with Xiaobai, she briefly pulled her attention back from the mental communication.

Back in the real world, Ticonderoga looked around at the sea and realized that her five teammates were looking at her with a very strange expression.