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—Doesn't that mean you actually have a pretty good chance?

Baltimore was overjoyed to have reached this conclusion.

The interactions between Xiaobai and Yamashiro were observed by the admirals on the beach. Initially, they protested vehemently, vowing to strike down all falsehoods and evils in the world, but gradually they began to quiet down.

The admirals, who were watching, gradually discovered something.

"Damn, wait a minute, did that ship girl go to the lost naval base?"

"So you said beauties are only for the strong... Oh! I get it!" Some of the brighter-minded admirals watched Baltimore walk behind Little White, and for a moment felt like they'd been tricked, stomping their feet hard. "Damn it, I get it."

"What exactly did you understand?"

"Isn't this just a plot where a rigid old father doesn't want his daughter to marry off, so he ends up having to duel with her boyfriend?!" The admiral slapped his thigh and shouted.

"Holy crap—" After his explanation, the admirals who had been watching Xiaobai and Baltimore suddenly realized what was going on.

—They finally understood why the ship girls, who initially had a significant advantage, lost.

This isn't because she's been jinxed; it's because she's afraid to win!

"Damn, so this was just a family feud!" Some admirals exclaimed, unsure whether to laugh or cry.

Household chores?

The admirals present passed messages among themselves, and in the end, the smiles on their faces all turned into bitter smiles.

Alright, then why should I get involved?

In an instant, the indignation caused by Rodney's match-fixing vanished like a pool of ice water melting in the blazing sun.

Yamashiro didn't linger long after that; she grabbed the admiral who kept turning back to look at her and left.

Baltimore initially stood there somewhat bewildered, but eventually calmed down after being comforted by Little White and Rodney.

There were quite a few admirals watching the battle on the beach. Xiaobai didn't want to be exposed to so many eyes, so she and the ship girls avoided the crowds and twisted and turned in the street, shaking off many onlookers, and finally returned to the courtyard of the naval base.

A few hours later, Yamashiro brought Baltimore's daily necessities to the yard and handed them to Baltimore. With Little White's permission, Baltimore was then led by Rodney into her and Nelson's room to stay.

Watching Baltimore, under Rodney's cheerful smile, walk shyly into Rodney's room with the two sisters, Little White breathed a sigh of relief and then sat down on a bench in the yard.

A few minutes later, coincidentally, Xiaobai's ship girls who had gone out also returned.

For some reason, Xiaobai has been feeling like her ship girls are always disappearing lately, never knowing where they're going each day. She tries to look for them in the streets but can't find them. However, every evening, when Xiaobai waits in the yard, the ship girls always return together right on time.

Xiaobai had wondered countless times if these ship girls were doing some kind of activity behind his back.

The chattering sounds outside drew nearer to the door, and soon the gate to the courtyard was pushed open by the ship girls. A group of brightly colored ship girls entered the naval base with light, quick steps.

"You're back." Xiaobai sat in the courtyard and smiled at the ship girls.

"Ah! Admiral." The ship girls had just entered the courtyard when they saw Shiro sitting there. They were stunned at first, then their hearts skipped a beat, and then they breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Shiro's smiling face without any anger.

"Good afternoon, Admiral!" The ship girls greeted Xiaobai with smiles.

"Where did you guys go to play?" Xiaobai asked.

"...Shocked!" The ship girls changed the subject.

"Hey Admiral! You know what? When we came back just now, we heard people doing drills on the beach!" Several ship girls cleverly tried to change the subject.

“…Yes, I know.” Xiaobai nodded.

"I heard it's two families vying for the same ship girl!"

"No, no, I heard it was a farce." Some ship girls were still intrigued by the topic.

"farce?"

"Yeah, a stubborn old father and a ship girl who's found someone she likes! How interesting."

Xiaobai looked awkwardly at the ship girls who were having a heated discussion in front of her.

Where should I begin?

“Um…” Xiaobai raised his hand, “The person who did the exercise… was me.”

Xiao Bai's voice wasn't loud.

However, as soon as Xiaobai finished speaking, the discussion among the ship girls present seemed to be choked and all stopped.

All the ship girls stared blankly and silently at Xiaobai with frightening eyes.

"Haha..." Xiaobai laughed awkwardly, "It's a long story... but that ship girl will be a member of the naval base from now on, I'll introduce her to you later."

"Admiral, you've farmed another ship!!!" Several ship girls looked at Xiaobai with disbelief. "Did you farm your wedding ship directly?!"

Xiao Bai, who had just unveiled a new way to salvage a ship, chuckled dryly. "No... the situation is a bit complicated. I'll explain later. In short, she's living with Rodney now, in Rodney's room..."

"Snap." Just as Xiaobai was halfway through her sentence, Baltimore pushed open Rodney's door and came out. Her face was flushed, and she lowered her head. "The daily necessities are ready. Um... um, is there anything I can do for you? Admiral... Admiral..."

Baltimore spoke with a happy expression, then looked up somewhat timidly.

Then, after seeing Xiaobai and her surroundings clearly, she was stunned.

The ship girls standing at the door were stunned when they saw what Baltimore looked like.

Baltimore stared, mouth agape, at the dozens of ship girls standing beside Xiaobai.

—The group of ship girls all gasped in unison.

"Three! Thirty-two!" The ship girls stretched out their hands, pointing at Baltimore, their faces full of surprise.

"Everyone??!?" Baltimore stared in shock at the ship girls before her.

"It's you!" The ship girls looked at Baltimore in surprise.

"Ah! Ah!" Baltimore's face was filled with emotion, which finally turned into a look of surprise. She rushed towards the ship girls, opened her arms, and was about to hug them. "You guys are in this naval base too! That's great!"

Under Xiaobai's astonished gaze, Baltimore embraced the ship girls at the entrance as if she had seen a large group.

—It got along surprisingly well.

Xiaobai was somewhat surprised by this. But this is good, Xiaobai was worried that Baltimore wouldn't be able to integrate well into the naval base, but it seems that this problem doesn't need to be worried about now.

Xiao Bai smiled and then stood up from the stool.

Just then, a colorful comic book fell out of Balmore's clothes with a thud and landed on the ground.

Xiaobai froze halfway up her body, staring blankly at the comic book lying on the ground beneath Baltimore.

—That's the comic book I just saw this afternoon. It's a new volume of Yuru Kantai Collection, but this time it wasn't as lucky as last time when it fell to the ground.

Xiao Bai watched as the pages of the comic book flipped in the wind.

On the pages of the book, a white-haired girl strikes one shameless pose after another. Her snow-white body, rendered in full color with exquisite detail, seems to come alive and enters Xiaobai's brain.

Chapter 544 The Truth Comes to Light

Xiao Bai has an excellent memory, quite excellent, even to the point of being described as having a photographic memory. In fact, throughout Xiao Bai's sixteen years of life, her memory has indeed helped her a great deal.

For example, Xiaobai hardly needs to study at all from childhood to adulthood, yet he can still get very good scores. In his daily life, Xiaobai doesn't need to use maps, and he doesn't need to look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary. He can also remember some short stories he has read, making him a walking encyclopedia.

—Although photographic memory can occasionally cause some trouble for Xiaobai, Xiaobai has always been quite grateful for his superhuman memory.

Now, Xiaobai regrets it.

Xiao Bai remained stiff, hands on her knees, staring blankly at the colorful comic book flipping in the wind on the ground.

Xiaobai has seen this comic book before. This afternoon, when she saw Baltimore, she saw the book right at her feet.

This is the second time I've seen it.

However, this time he wasn't so lucky. This time, Xiaobai saw not just the cover, but the entire contents.

The pages of the comic book seemed to be deliberately flipped, turning rapidly, one page after another, displaying the comic content in front of Xiaobai. Finally, the comic book was turned from beginning to end, stopping at the last page with the word "to be continued".

In just a few seconds, all the pages of the comic book can be flipped through quickly.

Thanks to his exceptional memory, each page of the comic he had just seen was pieced together, linked, and integrated in Xiaobai's brain like clips, eventually forming a relatively complete book. Finally, it became a stream of information, forcefully injected into Xiaobai's brain.

Xiao Bai was a little confused at first.

What did she see?

Xiao Bai's brain received this information, but for a short period of time, Xiao Bai felt that his brain was refusing to understand these things.

Xiao Bai's head began to spin. In an instant, it seemed as if hundreds of black vortexes appeared out of thin air in his mind, constantly swirling against his rationality. At the center of the vortex, a storm devouring rationality carried endless seawater into the sky. Hundreds of eerie black tentacles slowly extended from the storm, their black tentacles covered with dense suckers swaying incessantly, waving like madmen on the sea. Then, one by one, the tentacles stretched out, sweeping away a large number of ships, which slowly sank to the surface under the black storm. Meanwhile, lightning and thunder roared in his turbulent mind.

The abrupt sound of the comic book falling to the ground was naturally seen by all the ship girls present.

The situation became quite awkward for a moment.

Baltimore stared, mouth agape, head bowed, at the open comic book. The ship girls also lowered their heads, staring blankly at the ground.

This is the culmination of the comic book team's hard work this week, the masterpiece of Luo Lian and Tirpitz, and the pride of the comic book team.

However, at this moment, the ship girls present didn't dare to utter a single breath. They didn't even dare to look up in Xiaobai's direction.

"Thud." Then, the sound of something hitting the ground made the ship girls look up.

Little White lay down on the ground, closed its eyes, and remained completely silent.

It seems that Xiaobai received too much information at once and was overwhelmed, causing her brain to shut down and she couldn't handle it, which is why she fainted.

"Aaaaaah, Admiral! Aaaaaah!!!"

"Admiral, wake up!"

"Admiral/Commander!!!"

The ship girls rushed towards Shiro's direction in a flurry, and soon, the once quiet naval base was thrown into chaos, just like always.

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A few hours later.

"Hmm." Lexington stood in the middle of the yard, carefully looking at the comic book in her hands. The corners of her mouth were slightly curved, and her expression was gentle and serene. Even though the plot of the comic book was so provocative that even a ship girl like Missouri would blush when reading it, Lexington was able to maintain a very calm demeanor. She didn't even blink, let alone blush. "These, did you draw them?"

Before her, nearly fifty ship girls knelt in the quiet courtyard, heads bowed, not daring to speak.

Lexington glanced at the ship girls in front of her, then turned around to look behind her.

Still unconscious, Shiro lay on the rocking chair, looking somewhat uncomfortable, as if she hadn't fully processed what had happened. A damp towel covered her forehead, and Saratoga and the four Fubuki sisters were carefully fanning her gently.

"Did you draw this?" Lexington asked the ship girls gently.

The ship girls kneeling on the ground trembled, then quickly shook their heads. But when they looked up into Lexington's eyes, they shrank back and nodded hesitantly.

“It was drawn by Tirpitz.” Beside Lexington, Bismarck, dressed in black, also held a comic book and said, closing her eyes and saying apologetically to Lexington, “I didn’t discipline him well.”

“It’s not Bismarck’s fault. After all, you can’t stay by your sister’s side all day.” Lexington smiled at Bismarck.

"But……"

“Oh dear, the plot here…” Bismarck was about to say something when Hood, sitting on the other side, blushed and covered her eyes. She quickly closed the comic book on her lap, then peered through her slender fingers at the cover. “Oh dear… oh dear… oh dear…”

It seems that even Hood, a ship of high status, can't keep up with the pace of this comic book, which is almost out of control.

Lexington sighed, then looked at the few more conspicuous ship girls kneeling in the courtyard.

"Speaking of which, it seems there's a new sister here today."

Baltimore shuddered and looked up, his face turning pale.

Lexington looked at Baltimore with a wry smile and shook his head.

Rodney and Nelson had already relayed the general outline of the matter to Lexington, who was gradually getting used to Little White's various methods of obtaining new ships beyond construction.

—But this time the posture is really quite surprising.

Lexington sighed as she looked at the image in the comic book of a white-haired girl lying in the arms of a ship girl, with glistening, sticky drool dripping from her mouth.

—This is the bride that Xiaobai won back. And it just so happens that this bride exposed the comic book team's secrets.

Lexington was a little worried.

In fact, Lexington had already noticed that these ship girls had been going out frequently lately, disappearing without a trace. Normally, given Lexington's personality, she would definitely go to check on the ship girls when they mysteriously disappeared. But for some reason, even after a week, Lexington still couldn't find a reason to look for the missing ship girls.

I didn't expect the ship girls to do anything so earth-shattering, but they were actually doing this kind of thing.

Lexington genuinely didn't know whether to be angry or amused.

Lexington glanced at the various ship girls kneeling in the middle of the yard—Missouri, Enterprise, Rome, and others she never usually had to worry about—before slowly closing the comic book.

—It was the worst and most heinous incident that the naval base would ever record in history.

“Baltimore, stand up first,” Lexington said to Baltimore.