Elder brother's garrison

"...Watermelon flavored?" Xiaobai asked hesitantly.

The taste of deep-sea metal is very complex, and even a novice like me can't quite describe it. I can only give a general idea.

Chapter 425 The Little Angel's Help

The ship girls were also learning for the first time that deep-sea metals have a smell.

“Let me try it!” Saratoga’s eyes lit up, and she immediately raised her little hand, volunteering.

The deep-sea metals of the Dean's level are all colorful and crystal clear like gemstones. Saratoga had long wanted to take a bite and try them. This time, she finally got the chance and really wanted to taste whether Deep Sea Musashi's deep-sea metal tasted like watermelon as Xiaobai said.

“Stop messing around, Gaja, you can’t bite it,” Lexington stopped Saratoga.

“Even Little White managed to bite it,” Saratoga retorted.

Lexington shook his head helplessly.

Seeing that Saratoga wanted to try it, Little White handed Saratoga the deep-sea metal that he had bitten on.

Saratoga bit down on Whitebeard's teeth, and with a hiss, sparks flew from Saratoga's teeth and Deep Sea Musashi's metal.

Saratoga clutched his little front tooth, looking sadly at the deep-sea metal in front of him.

As Lexington stated, deep-sea metals are not something everyone can eat.

"Xiaobai was able to bite this because it had deep-sea ship equipment," Lexington's explanation came late in the morning.

"Oh..." Saratoga had no choice but to push the deep-sea metal that Little White had handed him back. "Little White, you can eat it yourself."

Saratoga could only watch dejectedly as the embarrassed-looking Little White devoured a fist-sized piece of deep-sea metal right in front of him.

After consuming the deep-sea metal, Xiaobai felt no special sensations, just like before, as if he hadn't eaten anything at all.

It's estimated that these changes are all reflected in the ship's equipment. As a simple ship equipment administrator, Xiaobai can't feel the reactions coming from the ship's equipment.

After simply removing the shattered hull shells behind Abyssal Musashi, all the deep-sea features on Abyssal Musashi's hull were also removed.

After confirming several times, Lexie picked up Deepsea Musashi, had Saratoga carry Shiro, and then walked back to the sea city with the ship girls.

Upon returning to safe waters, they happened to encounter the patrolling ship girls again.

The patrolling ship girls seemed very angry that Shiro and Lexington had taken the admiral out to sea, and they lectured Shiro for a long time with righteous indignation.

What could Xiaobai and Lexington say? They couldn't just tell the truth. With no other option, Xiaobai had to stubbornly take the blame and promise never to make the same mistake again.

After giving their instructions, the patrolling ship girls didn't linger. They just glanced curiously at the half-crippled Deepsea Musashi a few times before leaving.

Xiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief and then followed Lexington back to the courtyard where the naval base was located.

Inside the naval base, the ship girls jumped for joy upon seeing their admiral return unharmed, wrapping Xiaobai up in layers of clothing as if welcoming a superstar.

Xiaobai knew how much of an impact her kidnapping had on the ship girls, and at that moment she apologized to them. The courtyard was filled with a thriving atmosphere.

Outside the courtyard, Luo Lian, wearing a baseball cap, leaned against the wall and secretly peeked into the wide-open gate. Xiao Bai, who was surrounded by the ship girls in the middle, also breathed a sigh of relief.

It's good that Xiaobai is alright; it seems the bad guys who arrested him have received their due punishment.

Luo Lian shifted her gaze to the white-haired Deep Sea being carried on the shoulder of the golden-haired ship girl.

Luo Lian didn't know why this deep-sea amphibious ship had landed on land without anyone noticing. She guessed that the ship girls in this naval base had used some special method. Luo Lian also didn't know why this group of people would bring a deep-sea amphibious ship back to the naval base. However, since it was Xiao Bai's naval base, whatever they did was right in Luo Lian's mind, and there was no need to investigate further.

Luo Lian only needs to do one thing.

Luo Lian leaned against the corner of the wall, gazing at Xiao Bai from afar, a faint smile on her face.

"hey-hey--"

I've been secretly watching Xiao Bai and Luo Lian lately and I find it quite interesting.

Just then, Luo Lian suddenly felt someone touch her head. She quickly turned her head and almost instinctively chopped them off with a chop.

Behind Luo Lian was Lexington, who was smiling gently.

Luo Lian's hand chop stopped abruptly.

"Little sister Luo Lian, aren't you going in to say hello to my admiral?" Lexington asked Luo Lian.

Luo Lian stood there for a moment, then silently put the knife away and shook her head.

"...Could they have had a fight...?"

"No way!" Luo Lian quickly interrupted Lexington.

"...It's good that they didn't argue." Lexington smiled as leisurely as ever.

Luo Lian glanced at Lexington a few times, then involuntarily lowered her head.

“…A few months ago, when Xiaobai became an admiral, I looked for her and eventually found her by chance. However, at that time I didn’t know what Xiaobai was doing.” Luo Lian said slowly, “Anyway, to put it simply, I did do something a bit excessive back then, but because of that, that blonde ship girl later explained to me the reason why Xiaobai became an admiral.”

"Is the golden retriever... Saratoga?" Lexington asked with great interest.

Luo Lian nodded: "To put it simply, I have a pretty good understanding of the situation at your naval base. Since you've come all this way for the Deep Sea event, you're not planning to just quietly go back, are you?"

Luo Lian's words surprised Lexington, who nodded in agreement.

"That's why I can't let Xiaobai see me, it's that simple. If I distract you and you fail to achieve your goals, I'll feel so bad," Luo Lian said.

Lexington remained silent.

Luo Lian felt that the atmosphere had become inexplicably subtle.

“…That’s it. I’ll head back now.” Luo Lian adjusted her baseball cap, bowed to Lexington, and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute," Lexington called out to Luo Lian.

Lexington lowered his eyes, thought for a while, then reached into his clothes, took out the draft paper that Luo Lian had given him, and returned it to Luo Lian.

“Thank you,” Lexington said gratefully.

"Oh...you're welcome."

"Oh, right, speaking of which," Lexington gestured for Luo Lian to turn over the draft paper.

The draft paper that Lexington handed over had Luo Lian's original notes on the location of Xiao Bai on the front.

The other side of the draft paper was what I used when I was thinking of a team name in the hotel where I was staying. It was filled with dozens of alternative names, but for various reasons I couldn't decide on one.

Luo Lian looked at the other side of the draft paper.

On the densely written draft paper, there were only five small characters written in blue ink, with neat and elegant handwriting.

—The newbie garrison.

"This is the name of our naval base. If you're having trouble deciding on a name, feel free to use this if you don't mind," Lexington said. "I've made a few inquiries, and you must be the admiral who recently formed a team with the admiral's guild, right?"

"it's me."

“If you use this name, at least when you’re doing business, some discerning people won’t make things difficult for you,” Lexington said to Luo Lian.

"Isn't that the name of your naval base? Can I really use it?"

“We are entitled to lend our names to others,” Lexington said with a smile. “Little sister Luo Lian, if you need help, just come to me when Xiao Bai isn’t around. I’ll keep your affairs in the Sea City a secret for now.”

"Oh!" Luo Lian's eyes lit up.

Lexington's words were like a get-out-of-jail-free card, giving Luo Lian the courage to go all out. Luo Lian bid farewell to Lexington and excitedly returned to her hotel.

In the hotel room, Warspite was idly leaning against the headboard reading a book when Luo Lian, her face flushed, rushed into the room, pounced on her bed, and started rolling around on it.

"Admiral? What's gotten into you? Why are you so excited?" Warspite asked curiously.

"Hehe..." Luo Lian lay on the bed, took out the draft paper, and looked at it carefully at the ceiling. "I've thought of a name."

"Oh, you've decided? What should it be called?" Warspite thought that the admiral had finally come up with a name, and couldn't help but feel a little curious.

"Newbie Town Hall".

"Pfft." Warspite nearly choked on his own saliva. "This name?"

"Hmm, it sounds nice, doesn't it?"

"It sounds good???" Warspite looked at his admiral in shock.

Is the term "newbie" really a good word these days?

"Hehehe." Luo Lian ignored Warspite's unusual reaction and just rolled around on the bed happily, clutching the draft paper.

In Xiaobai's yard, Xiaobai, who was talking to the ship girls surrounding her, saw Lexington walk in from outside the yard.

"Alright, alright, the Admiral is fine. He just went out to sea for a bit. Now the Admiral needs to rest, everyone can disperse," Lexington said to the ship girls in the courtyard.

Lexington still has a lot of popularity. After she said that, the ship girls were a little disappointed, but they all obediently said goodbye to Shiro and went back to their rocking chairs and rooms.

After the crowd dispersed, Xiaobai watched as Lexington approached him with a smile.

"Oh right, Lexington," Xiaobai asked, as if suddenly remembering something.

"Hmm? What's up?"

"Speaking of which, I didn't tell you about being kidnapped through the Admiral's network. How did you find out about it so quickly?" Xiaobai asked. "Did someone tell you I was captured?"

"This?" Lexington thought for a moment, then nodded to Little White. "Yes, there is."

"Who is it?"

"Hmm... she's the little angel who protects Little White." Lexington smiled brightly.

Chapter 426 You failed to penetrate the enemy's armor!

"Hahaha." Little White couldn't help but laugh at Lexington's rather witty and humorous reply. "Where would you find little angels?"

Lexington simply smiled and said nothing more.

After most of the surrounding ship girls had left, Shiro and Lexington entered the temporary admiral's room.

In the temporary admiral's room, Akagi, Bismarck, Hood, Renown, and Saratoga and Yamato were all crammed together.

They surrounded the person lying in the middle, carefully examining him.

Lying in the very center of the room, needless to say, was Deep Sea Musashi, who was in a deep coma.

"This is the flagship of the Deep Sea Musashi for this event?" Hu De exclaimed in amazement as he looked at the Deep Sea Musashi.

“She’s Yamato’s younger sister. Her name is Musashi,” Lexington explained to Hood as he led Shiro forward.

"Yamato's sister?"

“Yes,” Lexington said, “the scene of the sisters’ reunion was so touching.”

"Hmm..." As Lexington spoke, everyone's gaze slowly shifted to Deep Sea Yamato.

"I'm not moved at all, but the dead are real." Yamato Akagi looked melancholy, as if he had been wronged.

"So you brought her back?" Hood asked.

"It was Yamato's request. How could I refuse her request?"

"What do we do next?" Bismarck asked Lexington, looking at the unconscious Musashi on the ground.

“Things will work themselves out,” Lexington said, glancing at the Deep Sea Yamato beside her. “Yamato.”

"What are you doing?"

"Go and get some bandages for your sister."

"Oh." Yamato Fukami pushed open the door to the room and walked out into the yard.

Bandages are a rare item among ship girls, since ship girls rarely get truly injured. Bandages are something that are only used by humans, so the naval base doesn't have any other medical supplies besides simple bandages.

However, Deep Sea Musashi was covered in injuries, and it wouldn't be appropriate to cover her in bandages all over; that would be too awful in every way. So Deep Sea Yamato had no choice but to leave the yard and go to the nearest general store to find some bandages, gauze, or medicinal wine.

After Abyssal Yamato left, the attention of all the ship girls began to shift to Shiro.

“Little White, can you tell me now how she kidnapped you?” Lexington asked.

"...Where should I begin?" Xiaobai smiled awkwardly. "Deepsea Musashi is the gluttonous ship girl I told you about before."

"Kanmusume?"

"Yeah. I ran into her when Saratoga and I were shopping together. She could talk and didn't have any deep-sea aura, so Saratoga and I just assumed she was a ship girl."

Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, Hood and Bismarck couldn't help but frown.

A deep-sea amphibious vessel that can talk and conceal its deep-sea aura is a terrifying existence. If such a vessel were to infiltrate human society, the harm it would cause would be immeasurable.

"How did she learn human language and how to conceal her presence?" Bismarck asked.

“I asked her, and she said she didn’t know, that she would know when she woke up in the sea.”