Elder brother's garrison

As for why she didn't wake up, it was because the will of the deep sea in the spiritual world pulled Xiaobai into the spiritual world.

The reason for this is self-evident.

At that moment, the Deep Sea Will in the spiritual world looked at Xiaobai expectantly, holding a comic book with some data missing, its bright eyes filled with words.

Xiao Bai naturally knew what the will of the deep sea wanted to say.

She quickly shook her head, indicating that showing the Deep Sea Will the erotic novel before was a pre-arranged agreement, and she had already done more than enough by showing the Deep Sea Will Tirpitz's erotic novel, so this deluxe edition was none of Xiaobai's business.

However, Xiaobai has already skimmed through the book "Deep Sea Will" and even this deluxe edition is excellent.

How could she bear to give it up?

So the will of the deep sea approached Xiaobai, appealing to his emotions and reasoning with him, begging and pleading, patting his shoulders and hugging him. In the end, he even offered a contract of servitude, promising to do whatever he wanted from now on as long as he could see this comic.

And so, at the request of the will of the deep sea, several hours passed.

Even though Xiaobai knew this was wrong, she couldn't resist the will of the deep sea. After giving up entirely, Xiaobai agreed to the deep sea's request on the condition that this was the last time.

—Then comes the part after Xiaobai regains consciousness in the real world.

The Deep Sea Will held the comic book aloft, its gaze lingering quietly on the pages.

Compared to the previous ones, Tirpitz's comic this time completely surpasses the previous drafts in both plot and completion. This comic, which can be described as a work of art, has truly surprised Deepsea Will.

You can tell from the fact that she actually copied a small mountain of the comic book and placed it under her body that Deep Sea Will really likes this comic.

"Is this kind of comic really that good?" Xiaobai expressed deep skepticism about Deep Sea Will's hobby.

The Will of the Deep Sea did not answer Xiaobai. She gently turned her head and smiled at Xiaobai.

Why do you like watching this?

"..." The will of the deep sea remained silent.

"...This is the last time," Xiaobai said to the Will of the Deep Sea.

"Mmm." Deep Sea Will was surprisingly obedient. She nodded, hugged the comic book to her chest, and smiled and nodded at Little White.

The smile looked vaguely familiar to Xiaobai.

It felt like I had returned to a bygone era and was seeing the innocent and naive will of the deep-sea girl once again.

Looking at the smile of the Deep Sea Will, Xiao Bai felt a little touched and wanted to smile back, but after seeing the thick stack of comic books under the Deep Sea Will, he couldn't manage to force a smile.

Xiao Bai bid farewell to the will of the deep sea, its body slowly transforming and disappearing into the spiritual world.

The Deep Sea Will, who had been staring at the comic book, slowly shifted its gaze from the pages of the book to the spot where Xiaobai had disappeared after sensing that Xiaobai was slowly leaving the mental world.

—They've left again.

As Deep Sea Will pondered this, her flamboyant smile gradually faded, finally turning into a faint smile.

This is Xiaobai's mental world; she can enter at any time, but the Deep Sea Will cannot leave at any time.

Deep Sea Will lowered her eyes, gently closed the comic book, and placed it on her lap. She stretched out her fingers and gently stroked the cover of the comic book.

—If we're talking about love at first sight, then Deep Sea Will definitely fell in love with this comic book at first sight.

However, what made the Deep Sea Will fall in love at first sight was not the content of this comic book.

Deep Sea Will looked at the white-haired girl on the cover with her innocent and happy smile, and finally chuckled softly.

On the cover, Xiaobai is wearing a white naval uniform. She smiles serenely and poses like a model. There are no suggestive angles or shots, but a unique charm of Xiaobai seeps out from the cover like mist, making people unable to resist looking at her.

—It's really beautifully drawn.

The will of the deep sea narrowed its eyes.

“Because you’re in this comic.” Deep Sea Will’s eyes glistened with tears like raindrops.

This is the only way I can see you whenever I want.

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Xiao Bai exited the mental world and returned to the real world.

Xiaobai's previous behavior gave Lexington and the others a rather wrong message: "Xiaobai doesn't seem to dislike this comic."

Taking this opportunity, the naval base's comic book team survived and was not directly wiped out by Lexington.

But while they weren't completely destroyed, the comic book team wasn't treated much better. After all, Lexington suddenly realized that Shiro was ultimately just a minor.

The "R18" in the name of the ship girl wasn't written for nothing. After realizing this, Lexington still issued a ban on all the ship girls in the naval base.

That is, punishment will still be imposed. No matter what, each ship in the entire naval base's manga group will still have to write a self-criticism of more than 3,000 words.

However, Lexington deliberately ignored this issue in the comic. She symbolically scolded the group of ship girls in the center of the yard, emphasizing that Shiro was still young and that as ship girls, they had to protect Shiro's mental health. She also mentioned that it was not good for the group of ship girls to disappear without a word recently, and then announced their disbandment.

Those ship girls who understood Lexington's words naturally understood, and those who didn't were reminded by the comic book team to understand.

And so, (for Xiaobai) a thrilling afternoon passed.

The next day, the ship girls at the naval base seemed to be waking up very early because the events of the previous day were too fantastical.

"Good morning, Baltimore!" Several ship girls from the comic book group greeted Baltimore, who was standing in the middle of the yard.

Baltimore, standing in the middle of the yard, shrugged and then turned to look at the ship girl who was greeting her.

Two ship girls, one with blue hair and the other with black hair, were rushing towards him.

Baltimore recognized them; they were two heavy cruiser ship girls from the naval base.

The one with blue hair is Quincy, and the one with black hair is Aoba. They were always together in the manga group, and because they were both heavy cruisers, they had a pretty good relationship with Baltimore.

Chapter 547 Baltimore, Aoba, and Quincy

Baltimore's expression froze, then a look of guilt flashed across her face.

"Good morning!" Baltimore bowed to the ship girls.

"Huh? Baltimore, why are you suddenly being so polite?" Aoba asked Baltimore, somewhat puzzled.

Although Baltimore is nominally a newly joined ship girl, Aoba, Quincy, and Baltimore actually have a fairly good relationship. It's far from the point where they're so distant and bow so formally.

“Uh…” Baltimore lowered his head, looking somewhat dejected. “Um… I’m sorry…”

"Sorry? Ah..." Aoba was taken aback, then realized what he meant, "Baltimore, are you talking about being exposed?"

“Hmm…” Baltimore lowered his head and said to Aoba, “It’s all because of me…”

"Pfft." Aoba covered her mouth and laughed. "Baltimore, did you really think we could keep this from Mrs. Leigh forever?"

"what?"

"It was bound to be exposed sooner or later." Aoba reached out and patted Baltimore on the shoulder. "Relax, relax, no one will blame you."

"...But I still made you all write self-criticisms." Baltimore looked dejected. "It was supposed to be my first day joining the naval base, but I've caused you so much trouble. I'm so sorry..."

“…Hmm.” Seeing Baltimore’s determined attitude of taking the blame for everything, Aoba finally gave up on trying to comfort him. She shook her head and then casually nudged Baltimore’s chest with her shoulder. “The self-criticism is only a little over three thousand words. You can finish it in one night. Right, Quincy?”

After Qingye finished speaking, she turned to look at the Dao Realm giant Kun beside her.

“0v0?” Standing beside the two of them, Quincy, who had been staring wide-eyed and maintaining an observer's posture, tilted her head.

Aoba and Baltimore remained silent.

"Quincy." Qingye narrowed her eyes and asked Quincy, "You wrote the self-criticism... right?"

"A self-criticism?" Quincy was taken aback.

"You didn't write it?!" Aoba grabbed Quincy's shoulders and shook him rapidly. "Hey! That's a very serious matter!"

"Writing self-criticisms is the comic book group's job, what does it have to do with me, Quincy?" Quincy asked.

"Aren't you a member of the comic book group? What nonsense are you spouting here!" Aoba shook Quincy and said quickly, "Speaking of which, if you don't listen to Mrs. Leigh, she'll make things difficult for you!"

"Hmm..." Quincy reached out and gently touched Qingye's cheek, then slowly pinched it. As Quincy moved, Qingye's pretty face was slowly pulled into a comical shape. "Hahaha, Qingye, your expression is so funny!"

"What time is it and you're still playing?! Are you an idiot?!" Qingye slapped Quincy's hand away: "Go back and write your self-criticism!"

"Actually, I've already finished writing my self-criticism," Quincy said with a smile.

"Huh? You actually finished writing?"

"Here." Quincy reached into his clothes, pulled out a neatly folded piece of writing paper, and handed it to Qingye. "Qingye, take a look."

"What... So you've finished writing?" Aoba sighed, took Quincy's essay paper, and slowly unfolded it, looking at it. "Seriously, don't play these kinds of games... Eh eh eh eh eh!!"

Aoba's relaxed mood returned as she saw the essay paper Quincy handed her.

The essay paper Quincy handed over was covered with densely written phrases like "Quincy was wrong, Quincy was wrong, Quincy was wrong," pasted tightly from beginning to end without a single punctuation mark.

"This is the self-criticism you wrote!?" Aoba asked in surprise.

"Quincy is just that good; he can say three thousand words and that's exactly what he says!" Quincy said to Qingye with a dashing air.

"Are you an idiot?!" Quincy slapped the essay paper back into Quincy's arms, then reached out and pinched Quincy's cheek hard, just like Quincy had pinched his own before. "This thing—how—can—be—called—a self-criticism!"

"Uh-huh? (Can't I?)" Quincy asked Aoba, letting him pinch her cheeks.

"Of course not!" Qingye let go of his hand, then stomped her foot hard. "Quincy, did you bring a pen with you?"

"Qingye, didn't you write a self-criticism either?"

"Of course I wrote it, and I handed it in a long time ago!" Aoba pointed fiercely at Lexington on the other side of the yard, then pulled out a stack of blank essay papers from her ship equipment space. "I should have known you hadn't written a self-criticism. Give me a pen, I'll write it for you, okay? But time is too tight, I think it would be better if I wrote it myself."

"0v0?"

"What are you standing there for? Give me a pen!"

"My sister said that I should do things myself."

"Then why don't you do it yourself!" Qingye was almost laughing in exasperation at Quincy. She pinched Quincy's cheek hard again. "What's wrong with you, Quincy!"

"Um..." Just as Quincy and Aoba were bickering, Baltimore weakly raised his hands, "Quincy, is your self-criticism unsatisfactory?"

“I think it’s alright,” Quincy said.

"I don't think that will work!" Aoba shook her head.

"Aoba, you're really strict."

"This isn't about being strict or not!"

“Then… use mine.” Baltimore took out his letter of self-criticism and handed it to Aoba.

"Huh?" Aoba was taken aback. She looked at the letter of apology that Baltimore had handed her. "We used your letter of apology, so what are you going to do about it?"

“Uh… I don’t actually need to submit a self-criticism.” Baltimore blushed slightly. “But I still feel like I have to write one… Since you want to use it, you can use it.”

Aoba was taken aback, only then remembering that Baltimore seemed to be the only ship girl whom Lexington considered innocent yesterday.

Aoba looked at Baltimore, a grateful smile gradually spreading across her face: "Thank you, Baltimore!"

She took Baltimore's letter of apology and handed it to Quincy.

Quincy took Baltimore's letter of apology and then looked at Baltimore curiously.

After Baltimore nodded to Quincy, Quincy thought for a moment, then nodded happily and, under Aoba's direction, walked towards Lexington, who was standing not far away.

Aoba watched Quincy slowly walk up to Lexington and hand over Baltimore's letter of apology before letting out a sigh of relief.

“Aoba, you take good care of Quincy,” Baltimore said to Aoba.

"Huh? No way." Aoba was taken aback, then blushed. "What do you mean by taking care of me? What happens to that idiot has nothing to do with me."

“Emmmm—” Baltimore looked at Aoba with a meaningful gaze.

"...Don't look at me like that." Aoba reached out shyly and tidied her hair.

Are you good friends?

"I hate Quincy the most."

"So you're a tsundere, huh?"

"You're the tsundere, your whole family is tsundere!" Aoba stretched out her two little fists and punched Baltimore a few times before slowly stopping. Aoba turned her head to look at Quincy, who was standing in front of Lexington with a Quincy look on her face, her face slightly red.

Aoba remained silent for a while.

“Quincy isn’t interested in comics at all… I’m the one who got Quincy into the comics group. Mrs. Leigh got caught up in this mess, and it would be a shame if I didn’t help her. The one who tied the knot must untie it.” Qingye muttered, then looked at Baltimore and grinned at her, “You’re not allowed to tell Quincy.”

"Oh, I see." Baltimore nodded and smiled at Aoba.

“...If you dare tell Quincy, I'll kill you.”

"Hmm, I won't tell."