Elder brother's garrison

Xiaobai has gotten used to being treated like a doll by her ship girls. Anyway, they are all beautiful older sisters, so it doesn't matter where she sits, and she doesn't really react.

Ella looked at the small restaurant that was deserted just a few minutes ago, which was now packed with ship girls. It was as if so many people had magically appeared around Shiro. She still felt a little empty inside.

"Ella, are you having lunch?" Little White asked Ella, nestled in Akagi's arms.

"Hmm... okay." Ella nodded.

Ella wasn't actually hungry. She had drunk quite a bit of juice and eaten a lot of ice cream, so her stomach was still a little full. However, since it was Xiaobai's suggestion, Ella wasn't going to refuse.

Ella casually ordered a plate of fried rice.

While the ship girls were still fighting fiercely on the beach, the small restaurant on the beach was bustling with activity.

The juice was paid for by Ella, so Xiaobai must have paid for the meal. Xiaobai declined Ella's insistence on paying and used his own wallet to pay for all the ship girls in the restaurant and Ella in front of him.

After finishing their meal, Ella briefly inquired about Xiaobai's recent schedule before saying goodbye and leaving.

Saratoga pouted, looking sullen.

"What happened to Saratoga?" Xiaobai asked curiously.

"Will she come to see you every day from now on?"

"...Yeah, I guess so, since everyone wants to conquer the deep-sea events," Xiaobai replied.

Saratoga pursed her lips, feeling a cool breeze blowing into her heart.

Ella asked about Xiaobai's schedule, and it's estimated that her actions will be synchronized with Xiaobai's from now on. While Saratoga and Lexington are out at sea fighting and struggling, Ella will take advantage of the situation to make her move.

The phrase "taking advantage of a weakness" may be heavily influenced by Saratoga's personal feelings, but the actions described are likely similar.

Who is this guy, Sa? He's the biggest brat in the entire garrison, always getting into trouble. So it's no exaggeration to say he has a keen eye for these things. Sa could tell from Ella's eyes that Ella wasn't the type who just wanted to be friends with Shiro.

After all, Xiaobai saved her life. Whether it's the Prince Charming theory or the suspension bridge theory, it's not impossible that Miss Ella's sexual orientation might be turned gay because of this.

Ella is a woman with a maximum level of danger!

Chapter 441 Bodyguard Missouri

Saratoga's head spun around here and got stuck.

In short, Saratoga felt she needed to do something to clear her admiral's name.

After everyone finished their meal, Xiaobai, with the waiter looking at her as if she were a distinguished guest, walked out of the open-air restaurant with the ship girls.

As Xiaobai walked onto the beach, she looked back over there. Most of the admirals on the beach were still standing by the sea, waiting for their ship girls.

By the time a naval base reaches this level, most admirals will have access to an admiral network. With an admiral network, admirals can, in a sense, fight alongside ship girls.

So even though these admirals do basically the same things as the admirals in the first chapter, and can only stay on the beach, the admirals here are actually doing a lot of things, such as contacting ship girls, analyzing the battle situation, issuing orders, and so on.

However, as a new naval commander, Shiro doesn't have any experience in doing this kind of work, so Lexington is basically helping to share the workload. She does it better than Shiro, so Shiro has been free.

This is why, even though it was midday, only Xiaobai and Ella were in the restaurant.

"Gaga, what's wrong? You look preoccupied." On the way back, Lexington noticed Saratoga was unusually deep in thought and asked curiously.

“Sister, it’s not safe for Little White to be on the beach alone,” Saratoga said to Lexington.

"..." Lexington looked at Saratoga in surprise.

The thing Saratoga was thinking about and the words she said were completely out of character for her.

“Little White will be fine. She’s really good now. You might not even be able to beat her,” Lexington said.

Lexington was telling the truth; Shiro's land-based ship equipment is indeed quite effective against carrier-based equipment. If Saratoga were to engage Shiro in a head-on battle, she would most likely be defeated. Leaving Shiro alone on the beach, ordinary ship girls really wouldn't be able to handle her.

"..." Saratoga was unhappy, and she pouted without saying a word.

“Saratoga is right. What if something happens?” Hood added, “Look at Little White, he’s still so young. What if he gets scammed or cheated?”

Xiaobai isn't stupid, but she's too naive and doesn't really understand social dynamics. If someone were to try and trick her, she might not be able to escape on her own.

Hood's words made Lexington ponder.

"Eh? I don't know how." When Xiaobai heard the ship girls say this about her, she quickly raised her hand and said to Lexington, "I'm fine by myself, don't worry."

As Lexington watched Xiaobai try his best to explain, she, who hadn't been worried before, began to worry for no reason.

Jiajia's words seem to make a lot of sense.

"Hmm... how about we leave one of the sisters to watch over Xiaobai?" Lexington asked tentatively.

“I think it’s a good idea,” Hood said with a smile. “Who should we keep?”

Saratoga raised her hand in a flash, her big eyes blinking.

Lexington reached out and gently pulled Saratoga's hand down: "Gaga, you're one of our key players, how can you just leave like that?"

Saratoga gave an "oh" and lowered her head. This situation was within Saratoga's expectations, so she wasn't too disappointed.

"And what about Tirpitz?"

"She would be willing to stay."

“…It probably won’t work.” Bismarck shook her head, indicating that it was not an option.

"What does Bismarck think?"

“She’s too lazy,” Bismarck said casually.

The ship girls gave an awkward smile.

It's definitely not a good idea to leave Tirpitz with Little White. He might just lie down on the beach and sleep as soon as everyone leaves, which certainly won't help him protect Little White.

"What about the companies?"

"It's already difficult enough for her to keep the company afloat; how can you expect her to protect Xiaobai?"

"That makes sense. What about Veneto? Isn't she Xiaobai's wedding ship?"

"Veneto is a very important battleship ship girl."

"..." It seems that choosing a ship girl who can protect Xiaobai is not easy.

Xiaobai looked awkwardly at the ship girls in front of him who had suddenly all entered the state of choosing bodyguards for him, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"How about I do it, everyone?" Just then, Missouri's voice came from the back of the line.

The ship girls and the little white ones looked over and saw Missouri smiling and raising one hand, looking at the little white ones and Lexington.

Missouri?

“Yes, it was me.” Missouri said with a smile. “Missouri didn’t contribute much in the battle just now. Most of the credit went to the seniors. So Missouri felt that he wasn’t that important in the expedition team. He thought he could stay by the Admiral’s side and serve him tea and water or something.”

The ship girls all looked at Missouri.

Indeed, Missouri appears mature, has experience living in human society, and possesses a stable personality; she's unlikely to be fooled by ordinary swindlers. During the battle, Missouri was slacking off at the back of the group; if she were to stay with Little White, there really wouldn't be any problem.

Saratoga was also looking at Missouri at this moment, silently nodding to himself.

Saratoga and Missouri had lived together in Yuxiu, and she knew very well that Missouri had absolutely no improper thoughts about Xiaobai, making him a very suitable person to be a bodyguard.

“Missouri is fine.” Hood, Missouri’s roommate, nodded. “Let’s go with her.”

"What do you think, Xiaobai?" Lexington thought for a while, but couldn't seem to figure out what was wrong. She nodded and asked Xiaobai.

What else could Xiaobai say? She could only say okay.

"Missouri, starting tomorrow, I'll trouble you to wait for us on the beach with Little White," Lexington said to Missouri with a smile.

"It's my honor." Missouri was neither particularly happy nor unhappy, just like a ship girl who had simply accepted a mission.

After confirming the bodyguards, the ship girls continued their journey into the city.

Missouri's pursuers turned their heads to look at her calm face, their mouths slightly agape.

"Is there something on my face, Senior Chaser?" Missouri asked with a smile.

"...You didn't anticipate this would happen, so you were slacking off at the back of the group, did you?" the pursuer asked.

“How could that be? Missouri isn’t that scheming a woman.” Missouri shook her head and said with a smile, “It’s just a coincidence.”

"really?"

"real."

The pursuer stared at Missouri intently for a few moments, thought for a while, and could only utter an "oh" before saying nothing more.

Xiaobai and Lexington returned to the Admiral's Guild.

The cheongsam-clad waitress at the door had been waiting for a long time. Without waiting for Xiaobai to speak, she greeted her with a smile: "Welcome back, Admiral Lu Lin. Are you here to resupply the ship girls?"

Xiaobai nodded.

The cheongsam-clad waitress nodded slightly and then led Xiaobai and the ship girls up to the second floor. They walked all the way to the supply point on the second floor.

The ship girls behind Xiaobai greeted him one by one, then went into the supply depot to resupply their ship equipment.

"Thank you so much for serving my admiral all this time." Lexington didn't go inside, but stood next to Xiaobai and said with a smile to the cheongsam-clad waitress.

"It's my pleasure, and I feel honored to serve you," the cheongsam-clad waitress said with a smile.

A short while later, the staff behind the supply warehouse returned the supply data sheet. The cheongsam-clad waitress picked up the data sheet and glanced at it.

The supply of fuel and ammunition was at a normal level, after all, Xiaobai brought quite a few high-consumption battleships this time. However, when she saw the aluminum consumption, even the calm waitress in the cheongsam couldn't help but feel a heavy jolt in her heart.

The aluminum consumption is several orders of magnitude higher than the fuel and ammunition consumption. Is this data from a normal half-day expedition?

The waitress in the cheongsam immediately started trembling.

How can these staff members be so careless? They can't even see such obvious mistakes.

"What's wrong?" Lexington asked curiously when she saw the cheongsam-clad waitress not moving and just staring blankly at the data sheet.

"The data might be recorded incorrectly. I'll go check it," the cheongsam-clad saleswoman said, handing the form to a staff member.

"Is the data wrong?"

"The consumption of aluminum is abnormal," the cheongsam-clad saleswoman said apologetically.

“…Ah.” Lexington nodded. “That’s alright, it’s our problem.”

The aircraft carrier girls in the newbie naval base are all equipped with fully upgraded B-25 bombers. The consumption of these bombers is far beyond what normal bombers can handle. I guess the waitress in the cheongsam was shocked by the long string of huge numbers on the aluminum consumption.

Lexington reached out and took the form from the staff member, glancing at it twice.

“Yes, no problem.” Lexington smiled and confirmed again.

The cheongsam-clad waitress was stunned for a long time before she reacted. Even someone as composed as her couldn't help but blush: "I'm sorry, I was just assuming things."

“The carrier-based aircraft we use consume slightly more resources, so we’ve used a bit more aluminum, but it’s alright,” Lexington said.

"Okay, I understand," the waitress in the cheongsam replied, bowing her head.

Lexington didn't mind the little incident at all. After a brief moment of embarrassment, the cheongsam-clad waitress quickly composed herself. After confirming the consumption, Lexington went into the supply depot to resupply. Xiaobai stepped forward, swiped her admiral's certificate, paid the money, and then joined the ship girls who came out one after another, and they left together.

Then, the aluminum stock in the Admiral's Guild's supply depot was significantly reduced.

Chapter 442 Shura Field

Xiaobai and the ship girls returned to the courtyard. Richelieu was sweeping the ground alone with a broom. Deepsea Yamato stood not far from Richelieu, holding a small dried fish and feeding it to Deepsea Musashi who was squatting in front of her.

"Yamato-neechan, I'm back."

"Oh, you're back." Yamato Fukami paused, her outstretched hand faltering, and turned to look at the courtyard gate.

Under the watchful eyes of Yamato, Shiro led the ship girls back to the courtyard. After returning to the courtyard, some of the ship girls went back to their rooms, some found a chair and lay down on it to sunbathe as if nothing had happened, and some went out in groups of two or three with their best friends and small wallets.

"What are you doing, Yamato-neechan?" Shiro curiously walked up to Deep Sea Yamato and glanced several times at the dried fish in Deep Sea Yamato's hand and Deep Sea Musashi squatting in front of her.

"Isn't it obvious? We're cultivating a sisterly bond." As Deep Sea Yamato spoke, she pushed the dried fish that was hanging in mid-air forward until it reached Deep Sea Musashi's wide-open mouth.

"Sisterhood..."

Compared to a sisterly relationship, Yamato's current dynamic seems more like that of a pet owner and her pet.

Shiro looked down at Deep Sea Musashi, who was squatting on the ground chewing on dried fish.

"Musashi-neechan, I'm back!" Shiro said to Deep Sea Musashi.

"Hmm." Deep Sea Musashi, completely unaware of her status as perhaps the second lowest among all the pets in the entire academy, nodded and responded with a simple and aloof expression while chewing on dried fish.

Deepsea Musashi might actually be the most clueless character Xiaobai has ever seen. When the ship girls emerge from the construction facility, they are given at least some basic social common sense. Deepsea Yamato, having been locked up in the dark room for several years and immersed in internet culture, has an aesthetic sense that is quite in line with anime and manga, and is not lacking in social common sense. Pachina, needless to say, directly acquired Xiaobai's memories and is not worried about this aspect.

Deep Sea Musashi is different. She simply obtained human language from the Deep Sea Will, and knows nothing about human society except that. In a sense, she is even more innocent than an infant.

Looking at Deep Sea Musashi's chubby cheeks, Xiaobai felt a subtle sense of relief that Deep Sea Musashi was in his own naval base.