Elder brother's garrison

"Vulgar."

"Then you're an idiot."

"Isn't that an insult?" Xiaobai shook her head, then looked at the red-haired maid's hair, thought for a moment, and asked, "How about Xiaohong?"

"..." The will of the deep sea fell silent again. "Let's call her Deep Sea Taihou."

"Little Red, come here." Little White stretched out her hands and called to the Deep Sea Phoenix with a smile.

Deep Sea Taihou paused for a moment, then slowly walked to Shiro, sat down on the floor, and stretched out her hands like a small animal, placing them flat on Shiro's little hands.

"Xiao Hong, do you like this nickname?"

"...(tilts head)"

"Do you like it?"

"……(nod)"

"That would be perfect!" Xiaobai smiled and held the Deep Sea Phoenix's hand.

Looking at Xiaobai, who seemed to have found the meaning of life and was smiling, the Will of the Deep Sea sighed but said nothing. Then he looked out the window and gazed at the clouds on the horizon.

—As long as Mom is happy.

Chapter 567 Don't Stop! (Referring to the exercise)

After naming the Deep Sea Taihou, Xiaobai released it, letting it return to the side of the Deep Sea Will.

Deep Sea Daihou seems to be submissive to everyone who calls her, but upon closer inspection, she does have her own ideas.

"You two have a really good relationship," Xiaobai remarked.

"Want to join?"

"..." Xiaobai smiled but didn't say anything. She slowly stood up from the small stool, patted the dust off her clothes, and said, "Then I'll go back."

"Hmm." The Will of the Deep Sea nodded, then suddenly seemed to remember something and looked at Little White, "Is her Dean's Metal with you?"

"Here I am."

Don't eat that stuff.

"...I won't eat it," Xiaobai said helplessly.

Why do people always assume that I would like to eat deep-sea metals?

Compared to truly delicious snacks or meals, deep-sea metals are considerably less palatable.

“This child’s deep-sea metal was formed quickly with little sediment, and I drained its energy in the process, so don’t touch it,” the Deep Sea Will said. “Sell it.”

“…Oh.” Xiaobai nodded, then waved to the Will of the Deep Sea, “Then, Will of the Deep Sea, I’m going back.”

The will of the deep sea remained silent.

Xiao Bai had grown accustomed to the cold indifference of the Deep Sea Will. After a slight smile, its entire body became transparent and gradually disappeared into the spiritual world.

The Will of the Deep Sea turned around and looked at the Deep Sea Phoenix behind it.

Deep Sea Taihou lowered its head and looked at the Deep Sea Will, its blank eyes showing no emotion.

"Little Red, give me a shoulder massage." Deep Sea Will leaned back on the sofa and murmured softly.

Deep Sea Phoenix slowly reached out and gently tapped Deep Sea Will's shoulder in a rhythmic manner.

The Will of the Deep Sea gazed at the empty room and took a deep breath.

She enjoyed the services from the deep-sea phoenix behind her, and finally slowly closed her eyes, her whole body gradually relaxing.

—Hmm, I don't seem as lonely as before.

pretty good.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Xiao Bai slowly regained consciousness from his mental state.

She rubbed her head and then stretched gently.

"I wonder if the Will of the Deep Sea wanted a companion, which is why it captured Little Red and brought her into the spiritual world..." Little White muttered to himself as he stood up. "Hmm... I feel like the spiritual world is slowly getting more lively..."

Thinking this, Xiaobai pushed open the door to Shenhai Yamato's room.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry, or it will be too late!"

"Where to?"

"It seems to be the place where they robbed Baltimore last time!"

"Stop dawdling! If you're any slower, you'll miss out on a good spot!"

Then, a series of urgent voices from the ship girls reached Xiaobai's ears.

In the courtyard in front of me, groups of ship girls, carrying watermelons, melon seeds, chocolates, horns, binoculars, megaphones, and the like, were running outside, looking like they were rushing to a film set.

"Huh? This is..." Xiaobai was immediately puzzled.

What happened?

"Admiral, you're awake." A pleasant female voice suddenly rang out beside Xiaobai.

"Eek!" Xiaobai was startled and quickly took several steps back until she saw the ship girl next to her clearly before stopping.

Missouri, dressed in white, stood beside Little White with a humble smile.

"Ah... so it's Missouri." Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief, then patted her chest and smiled at Missouri. "Were you waiting for me at the door the whole time?"

“Yes.” Missouri nodded. “Missouri saw that the Admiral was sleeping, so he didn’t dare to disturb him earlier.”

“You can just call me if you want to find me,” Xiaobai said to Missouri.

In fact, when Xiaobai enters the spiritual world, he still has a certain degree of awareness of the outside world. If someone touches his body in the real world while he is in the spiritual world, Xiaobai will know it.

“It’s nothing serious,” Missouri said with a smile.

"Oh...Missouri, what's going on here?" Xiaobai nodded and then asked Missouri.

"The two ship girls at the naval base are preparing to spar, so the seniors all want to go and watch."

"Huh?!" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise, "Who is it?"

"Senior Lexington and Senior Akagi."

"Huh???" Xiaobai was dumbfounded.

Lexington and Akagi are, in a sense, two of the most trustworthy senior ship girls in the naval base. They are incredibly charming, beautiful, and have great figures, making you want to hug them and call them "big sister."

How could these two calm and collected ship girls actually start fighting?

"Missouri, take me there quickly!" Little White stretched out his hands and said to Missouri.

Missouri was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and agreed, "Missouri would be delighted."

Then Missouri scooped up Little White's outstretched arms and swiftly carried her over the yard railing in a few leaps, transforming into a white blur as she soared into the air.

"Missouri, does Lexington and Akagi have any conflicts?" Missouri asked worriedly from inside Missouri's arms as he moved quickly with Xiaobai.

"Huh? Admiral, you seem to have misunderstood."

"Huh? What's the misunderstanding?"

"The exchange between the two seniors was just a friendly spar. They simply found a spot on the sea to test their techniques. There was no conflict between them. At least from Missouri's perspective, the two seniors left with smiles on their faces."

"Then why choose this time?" Xiaobai asked, puzzled.

"Excuse me, did the Admiral just bring back a ship girl who is an aircraft?" Missouri asked.

"Yes, her name is Mia." Xiaobai nodded.

"Is her name Mia? Hmm, what a lovely name, just like her," Missouri complimented.

"Is the private sparring between Lexington and Akagi related to Mia?"

“Well, Missouri doesn’t know the specifics either, but that’s probably how it is,” Missouri said. “It seems that you sent Mia-senpai to Lexington-senpai’s side, so Akagi-senpai suggested that we try out Mia-senpai’s performance. After the two of them agreed, they left.”

"Ah... I see." Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief.

If that's the case, then Xiaobai doesn't need to worry. Xiaobai thought Lexington would argue with Akagi.

After speaking to Little White, Missouri accelerated several times, carrying Little White as she jumped from house to house until she reached the edge of the city and landed on the beach.

Surprisingly, Xiao Bai recognized this beach; it was the very place where he had recently conducted exercises with the former admiral of Baltimore. It was also the place where Xiao Bai first encountered the darker side of society.

It seems that Lexington and Akagi made the decision on a whim. Since they were ship girls from their own naval bases and the event had just ended, they didn't submit an application to Shiro or the Admiral's Guild and prepared to fight directly. Under such sudden circumstances, not many people knew about it, so there were only a few admirals from other naval bases scattered on the beach at this time.

Most of them are still ship girls from Xiaobai's own fandom.

"Go, Mrs. Lie!" Little White heard a loud shout as soon as he landed on the beach.

A group of ship girls, led by Saratoga, were standing on the beach, waving flags and shouting at the sea.

"Go, Akagi-neechan!" Shiro thought to herself. As expected of Lexington, before she even rose up, the voices of many destroyers, led by Fubuki, suddenly rang out from another part of the beach.

Xiaobai turned her head and saw the Fubuki sisters wearing cheerleading outfits they had gotten from somewhere. The Fubuki sisters were all blushing and shouting their hearts out, organizing the large number of destroyers behind them while performing eye-catching gymnastics to the cheers of "one, two, one".

—Well, in a way, it's no wonder it's called Akagi.

Xiao Bai looked around in a dilemma. In this strange situation, it seemed that joining either side would be somewhat biased. In the end, Xiao Bai could only awkwardly choose a middle position, and then use the Admiral Network to connect to Missouri. Only by relying on Missouri's vision could he see the situation on the sea.

On the high seas, Lexington and Akagi were not far apart. Akagi released her ship equipment and finally looked at Lexington.

Not far from Akagi, Lexington and Mia, who had just joined the naval base, stood one after the other, looking like sisters and getting along very well.

Lexington was patting Mia's head, smiling and saying something to her.

"Lexington, Shiro is here," Akagi reminded Lexington.

"Yes, I see it." Lexington was discussing something with Mia when she heard Akagi's words. She glanced at the shore and then her beautiful eyes narrowed into a smile.

"Have you finished discussing it with Mia?" Akagi asked.

"That's enough. Is this Mia's first real combat experience? There are quite a few things she needs to pay attention to," Lexington said with a smile to Akagi. "I didn't expect even Shiro to come."

"I won't hold back," Akagi said with a smile.

“That’s so unfair, Akagi. You know perfectly well that I can’t beat you in a one-on-one fight,” Lexington said.

"Who can't beat whom?" Akagi looked at Mia, who looked a little flustered, next to Lexington and said with a gentle smile, "Even I want to leave a good impression on Shiro."

"Ah...you too." Lexington covered her mouth and then released the ship's rigging behind her.

The two elders stared at each other with forced smiles for a while, and the relaxed and cheerful atmosphere from before quickly froze as their dry smiles met.

Soon, the sea became calm.

Lexington and Akagi stared at each other.

With a series of "rumbles," at a certain moment, the two aircraft carrier girls simultaneously launched all the carrier-based aircraft from their ship equipment into the sky.

The clear blue sky suddenly darkened rapidly within a quarter of an hour, as if dark clouds were pressing in, accompanied by rolling thunder.

Chapter 568 Golden Glitter

The roar of carrier-based aircraft sounded like thunder, and the clear sky above the azure sea gradually darkened amidst this thunderous roar, eventually settling into a deep blue-green like ink painting.

"Rumble, rumble————"

"Rumble, rumble————"

The ship girls' carrier-based aircraft dominated the sky, circling incessantly. Lexington and Akagi, however, remained on the water's surface, making no move that suggested engagement.

Lexington and Akagi smiled as they each directed their carrier-based aircraft to soar through the sky, constantly probing and attacking each other.

On the water's surface, two elegant female figures, one in white and one in black, seemed like commanders in a symphony orchestra, perfectly immersing themselves in their own world amidst the roar of carrier-based aircraft.

Akagi raised her hand, and a large number of carrier-based aircraft swooped down like a long dragon, roaring towards Lexington's carrier-based aircraft. Lexington's carrier-based aircraft retreated repeatedly, but showed no signs of weakness. Instead, they avoided the onslaught and dispersed like smoke, then gathered again at the edges and corners, turning into several torrents that swept towards Akagi's carrier-based aircraft group.

The two ship girls' carrier-based aircraft finally made contact at this moment, and then, in the next second, a series of orange-red flames erupted in the azure sky, as lively as the opening of a banquet.

Little White stayed on the beach, watching the constantly exploding flames in the sky.

"It's so intense," Xiaobai murmured.

"Does the Admiral also understand carrier-based aircraft?" Missouri asked with a smile beside Xiaobai.

"...Uh, I don't understand." Xiaobai blushed and then shook her head shyly.

Although Xiaobai's ship equipment does indeed possess impressive air superiority capabilities, as the ship equipment manager, Xiaobai knows absolutely nothing about carrier-based aircraft; she can't even launch carrier-based aircraft into the sky.