Elder brother's garrison

Little White was seen climbing onto the Deep Sea Will's lap with a smile on its face, and was approaching it with a puppy-like grin.

"What are you doing?" the Deep Sea Will asked Little White.

"Hehehe." Little White laughed at the Will of the Deep Sea. She crawled up to the Will of the Deep Sea, gently hugged its waist, and lay on top of it. "Thank you so much, Will of the Deep Sea."

"Hmm." The Will of the Deep Sea hummed softly.

"Thank you."

"You've thanked me three times already." The Will of the Deep Sea reached out and blocked Little White's face, which kept getting closer to it. "After all, I live in your body. Your troubles are my troubles too. I'm just doing my duty to help you maintain a peaceful life. You don't need to thank me."

"But the Will of the Deep Sea has indeed helped me a lot," Xiaobai said to the Will of the Deep Sea. "How about I grant you one more request?"

“Then I want to see the next volume of this,” said Deep Sea Will, patting the comic book in his hand.

"Anything but that is fine," Xiaobai said to the Will of the Deep Sea with unwavering determination.

"fraud."

"Let's choose another one."

"Then that's not necessary." The Will of the Deep Sea looked at Little White lying on its lap.

"How about I give you a name?"

"not so good."

"How about I call you Xiao Hei from now on?"

"I have no grudge against you."

"Isn't 'Little Black' a good name?"

The Will of the Deep Sea sighed: "You just said you'd promise me something, right?"

"Ah."

"Then come in and visit whenever you have time." The Will of the Deep Sea reached out and cupped Little White's face. "That's all."

Little White stared blankly at the Will of the Deep Sea: "Is that all?"

"that's it."

"...Are you lonely, Deep Sea Will?" Little White asked the Deep Sea Will. "Is Split Red just looking for some excitement?"

"..."

"Little black?"

"..." The Will of the Deep Sea frowned and shoved Little White away with a hard slap.

Xiao Bai felt as if she were flying. After a dizzying spin, Xiao Bai opened her eyes and woke up in bed.

Xiao Bai covered his head, looked at the decorations in the room, and sighed softly.

Xiao Bai felt that her daughter might be going through a rebellious phase, as she wasn't close to her at all anymore.

Speaking of which, yesterday was supposed to be a double update. I usually delete the leave request before updating, so some people might see only the second update as "new". If you feel the plot is disjointed, you can check if you've missed a chapter.

Well, I originally deleted the leave request so that readers wouldn't feel uncomfortable, but I didn't expect to make a mistake. I won't delete leave requests anymore.

Chapter 637 Xiaobai's Family Matters

The method of entering the spiritual world is somewhat similar to sleeping. At this moment, after being pushed out by the will of the deep sea, Xiaobai, while marveling at how strong her daughter's wings had become, also felt dizzy and accompanied by a faint drowsiness.

Sleepiness is quite a rare thing for newbies these days. After all, with their ship equipment becoming more and more compatible, newbies who have obtained ship equipment upgrades are always full of energy and never feel sleepy or hungry no matter how much they play.

Xiaobai only does things like sleeping, resting, and eating because she feels that she should do them.

At this moment, when Xiaobai felt a little sleepy, she was almost pleasantly surprised.

This sudden drowsiness was rare. Since Nia had just left and Xiaobai didn't have anything to do for the time being, she lay down in the empty room for a while and dozed off with her eyes closed.

Little White had a wonderful nap, and after an unknown amount of time, it slowly woke up from its slumber when a noisy commotion came from the yard.

She yawned as she pushed open the door and walked out of the room.

It was getting a little late.

In the courtyard, Nia's ship girls were busily arranging seats, each holding a stool. A familiar aroma of food wafted slowly from an open room door.

"Dinner's ready! Dinner's ready!" Javelin, Fubuki, and the other destroyers held up stools and ran around in circles in the yard, as if they were performing some strange ritual.

Xiao Bai curiously walked towards the center of the yard.

"Little White!" Saratoga suddenly appeared from some corner, ran straight to Little White's side, grabbed Little White's arm, and laughed, "You're awake."

"Hmm, how long did I sleep?"

“Just over an hour,” Saratoga said, pulling Little White in one direction. “Time for dinner.”

"Oh ho." Little White was pulled by Saratoga to a seat that had been set up, and then looked curiously at the room that was constantly filled with the aroma of food. "Saratoga, is Nia back?"

"Ah."

"Is Nia cooking?"

“Bismarck and Missouri are helping,” Saratoga said to Little White.

"Ah, no wonder." Xiaobai finally understood why the aroma of the dish smelled so familiar.

Xiaobai and Saratoga sat down in the seats arranged by the ship girls. There were also many other ship girls of Nia around who came over to greet Xiaobai after she woke up.

After a while, Nia finally emerged from the small house filled with the aroma of vegetables.

She carefully walked to the middle of the yard carrying a large bowl of stir-fried vegetables. As soon as Nia put down the bowl, the destroyers around her, who were holding rice bowls, swarmed over and quickly devoured a small portion of the dish.

"Little White, you're awake?" Nia, who had just put down the vegetable bowl and was smiling as she looked at the destroyers, sensed Little White's gaze. She wiped the sweat from her face and waved to Little White.

"Hmm." Xiaobai nodded, watching Nia walk up to her. "When did Nia return from the Admiral's Guild?"

"I've been back for quite a while. I went over and told the guild leader about the changes in the first node. The guild leader told me to check it out and then let me come back." Nia noticed that the seat on the other side of Xiaobai was empty. She thought for a while, then quietly moved to the other side of Xiaobai and sat down next to her.

Not long after, Bismarck and Missouri came out of the house carrying another bowl of food.

"Is Nia cooking in a communal pot?" Xiaobai asked Nia.

"Haha... um." Nia nodded, a little embarrassed, and said, "I can't make things that are too difficult, so I just do this kind of thing."

Haven't you thought about ordering takeout?

“I do order takeout sometimes when I don’t have time, but it feels a bit pitiful to always make the ship girls eat takeout,” Nia said.

"Oh." Xiaobai looked at Nia, seemingly lost in thought.

Nia's approach is quite similar to Bismarck's, who also strongly disapproved of Tirpitz eating takeout.

As Xiaobai was thinking, Gaoxiong and Atago came over with several lunchboxes already filled with food.

"Admiral, and Admiral Lu Lin, here are your portions." Atago handed the lunchboxes in her hands to Shiro and Nia.

"Saratoga, please accept this." Kaohsiung also handed the lunchbox to Saratoga with a serious expression.

"Thank you." After thanking Takao and Atago, Xiaobai and the other two accepted the lunchboxes from their hands.

Nia's cooking style is communal cooking, the kind where each dish is cooked in a large portion and then each person gets a spoonful, like in a canteen. The advantage of this method is that it saves time and effort, but the taste is definitely not as good as individual portions.

Of course, I don't expect everyone to be like Akagi. There are already very few admirals who can cook for the ship girls themselves. Nia is already very impressive. At least I can't do it myself.

Xiao Bai picked up a piece of potato, put it in his mouth, and chewed it gently.

"Mmm, it's delicious!" Little White said to Nia with a smile.

"I'm glad you don't hate Xiaobai." Nia patted her chest, looking relieved.

"Nia is amazing! She can even cook! She's much better than me."

"Isn't Xiaobai's cooking good?"

"...No, I don't know how to cook." Xiaobai laughed awkwardly; she really didn't know how to cook. Although she had looked at recipes once or twice, Xiaobai didn't think she had ever actually cooked a meal.

After all, her mother cooks at home, and she lives in Bismarck's house at the naval base. Her meals are always well taken care of by the ship girls around her when she is away from home. Not to mention the opportunity to cook, Shiro has hardly ever washed her own clothes.

"Am I being spoiled a little too much?" Xiaobai said, looking at the lunchbox in her hand, a little embarrassed.

"Ah, no, no, I'm just... well, it's a special case. Cooking is very simple. I'll teach you next time, okay?" Nia waved her hand at Xiaobai, seeing his somewhat dejected expression.

"Thank you, Nia." Xiaobai smiled at Nia.

"You're welcome." Nia breathed a sigh of relief as she saw that Xiaobai had regained its spirits.

The happy dinner time came to an end quickly. Although Nia made a fairly ordinary large pot of rice, it still tasted good. Xiaobai could tell that Nia had put a lot of effort into cooking the dishes. Even though it was a large pot of rice, it tasted better than what Bismarck made at home.

After dinner, Nia, as the owner of the courtyard, distributed some of the still uninhabited houses to Shiro and Shiro's ship girls.

Nia's house is very large, and half of the houses are empty. Xiaobai asked Nia why she bought such a large house, but Nia just smiled mysteriously and didn't tell Xiaobai the reason.

Finally, under the resentful gazes of Saratoga and other ship girls, Shiro finally got a room all to herself.

After dinner, it was time for entertainment as usual. Before they knew it, the sky was getting darker and darker. After agreeing on a time with Nia, Xiaobai went back to her room.

The noise in the courtyard gradually subsided and became quiet as time went by.

During this time, Xiaobai remained lying in bed, quietly staring at the ceiling.

Oh no, I took a nap earlier and now I can't fall asleep.

Xiao Bai tossed and turned in bed for a while, but still couldn't fall asleep.

Regretting that he shouldn't have taken that nap a few hours earlier, Xiaobai helplessly closed his eyes, cleared his mind, and slowly waited for the moment he would fall asleep.

Science has proven that humans can fall asleep quickly if they can keep their minds completely blank for 15 minutes.

Just as Xiaobai closed her eyes and tried not to think about anything, a dizzy feeling quickly surged into her head.

Then, Xiaobai's breathing gradually calmed down.

The next second, as a whiff of grassy air mixed with fresh moisture washed over him, Xiaobai entered his own mental space.

Xiao Bai opened its eyes.

At this moment, she was resting her head on the soft thighs of the Deep Sea Will. What she could see, besides the Deep Sea Will's cold face, was the unchanging blue sky of the spiritual world.

"Good evening, Deep Sea Will." Little White smiled at Deep Sea Will. "This is the third time you've invited me in, isn't it?"

"Hmm." The Will of the Deep Sea didn't speak, but simply reached out and gently stroked Little White's forehead.

"Is there something you need?" Xiaobai didn't get up from the Deep Sea Will's lap, but instead asked the Deep Sea Will with a smile.

If the Deep Sea Will wanted, it could still pull Xiaobai into the spiritual world. She had done this twice before. The first time was during the time of the breakup. In order to solve the problem of Deep Sea Yamato, she took the initiative to unlock the spiritual world so that Xiaobai could enter. The second time was when she used the energy of the Young Girl Deep Sea Will to leave the time breakup. She told Xiaobai that Missouri and North Carolina would not leave with her.

However, this behavior sometimes affects Xiaobai's normal life, so the Deep Sea Will rarely uses it. This time, taking advantage of the fact that no one was around Xiaobai, the Deep Sea Will secretly pulled Xiaobai into the mental world, probably because it had something to say to Xiaobai again.

“I have a bold idea.”

"what?"

"You go to the first node by yourself."

"now?"

"Ah."

"What are we going to do at the first node?"

"Didn't you say there was an anomaly at the first node?" the Will of the Deep Sea said.

"Hmm, you said you'd help me."

"I'm just helping you solve this problem, and incidentally verifying my idea," the Deep Sea Will said, lightly flicking Little White's forehead with his finger. "Go quickly, and don't let anyone see you."

As soon as the Will of the Deep Sea finished speaking, a crisp snapping sound rang out on Xiao Bai's forehead.

Chapter 638 Little Red Sisters

"Ouch!" In the real world, Xiaobai clutched his head and sat up abruptly in bed.

Xiao Bai covered his head, rubbing the spot in his mind where he had been hit by the Deep Sea Will.

Pain in the mental world will certainly not be transferred to the real world. The way the Deep Sea Will flicked Xiaobai in the mental world only served to send Xiaobai out of the mental world.

Xiao Bai turned her head and looked at the window in the room.

Outside the window, the moon was already high in the sky, and the sky was a pale inky black.

"The Will of the Deep Sea is really something... making me go to the first node so late at night." Xiaobai sat on the bed and sighed helplessly.

—It's so late, and the trains have stopped. If we walk, it will probably take until almost midnight to reach the first stop.