Elder brother's garrison

"The admiral next to me said that these seem to be ten construction devices that the Admiral's Guild scrapped and are going to be taken out for destruction," Saratoga said, tugging at Xiaobai's sleeve.

"Oh, I see." Little White smiled at Saratoga. "I guess it really is time for a change."

Xiaobai wasn't there to cause trouble, so she didn't dwell on the matter. She and Nia went up to the second floor of the Admiral's Guild, and the ship girls went to replenish their resources under the guidance of the staff.

"Xiaobai, wait here for a while, I'll go buy some drinks." Nia led Xiaobai to an unused bench and headed downstairs.

Soon, Xiaobai became a person.

"It feels so rare to be alone like this..." Xiaobai sighed, looking around.

There were indeed fewer construction devices on the second floor, but it seemed that only the ones that were originally in the corners were missing. Xiaobai looked over and found that exactly the ten construction machines that were missing were missing.

"No wonder there was so much black smoke," Xiaobai said with a wry smile.

Before Xiaobai could finish laughing, a series of footsteps sounded behind him.

Xiaobai subconsciously turned around and saw a blonde, red-eyed ship girl leaning against the wall, slowly walking towards him step by step.

The ship girl's body trembled slightly, as if she had some hidden ailment. Her slender legs seemed unable to support her body, bending and straightening repeatedly.

Under Xiaobai's gaze, the ship girl walked up to Xiaobai and quietly looked at her.

Xiaobai stared blankly at the ship girl.

"Um... excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?" Xiaobai asked the ship girl.

The blonde, red-eyed ship girl remained silent for a long time, looking at Xiaobai with a strange expression on her beautiful face.

There was shame, helplessness, regret, and embarrassment, which left Xiaobai stunned.

Finally, the ship girl spoke.

"...That seat is mine."

Chapter 646 Constellations

"Huh?" Xiaobai stared blankly at the ship girl in front of her.

The ship girl stood in front of Xiaobai, who thought she had something to say to him. But after all that preparation, she just said that the stool under Xiaobai's butt was hers.

Xiao Bai quickly stood up from the stool and moved to the side: "I'm so sorry."

The ship girl standing in front of Xiaobai lowered her head: "Thank you."

Then, the ship girl slowly walked to Xiaobai's stool and slowly pressed her body down on it.

After doing all this, the ship girl let out a soft breath and reached out to wipe the fine sweat from her face.

Xiaobai stood beside the ship girl, curiously staring at her hands and legs.

Xiao Bai watched the ship girl walk from afar to near. From the moment she appeared, she seemed to have difficulty moving around. Several times, Xiao Bai was worried that she would fall down while walking.

—Does she have a leg injury?

Xiaobai looked at the ship girl's legs, wondering with some confusion.

The ship girl's body is affected by the ship equipment. No matter how fierce the battle, as long as the damage protection is not removed, the ship girl's body will not be harmed. Even if the ship girl's body is injured, as long as the ship equipment is restored, the ship girl's injury will heal quickly.

Therefore, it is quite abnormal for a normal ship girl to have such a reaction.

“…Excuse me.” While Xiaobai was thinking, the ship girl sitting on the stool looked up and smiled apologetically at Xiaobai.

"what?"

"The chair in the Admiral's Guild was originally unclaimed; I only sat on it a few minutes ago," the ship girl said to Xiaobai with a somewhat disappointed expression. "Strictly speaking, it was wrong of me to say that this seat was mine."

“…Oh.” Xiaobai nodded, then looked behind her.

The chairs in the Admiral's Guild are loose; if someone wants to sit, they can just bring over a stool. However, it seems that since no one has come to the second floor of the Admiral's Guild this morning, all the other stools have been arranged by the staff and stacked against one wall. If you want to take a brand new stool from there, you'll probably have to stand on tiptoe to grab the one on top of the stack.

This kind of thing probably isn't easy for the ship girl next to me who seems to have a hidden ailment in her legs.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai nodded understandingly to the ship girl: "It's okay."

Xiaobai walked to the wall, took down a stool, and sat down next to the ship girl.

"Excuse me, sister, is your leg injured?" Xiaobai asked the ship girl sitting next to her.

"No, I'm healthy." The ship girl seemed to have a good impression of Xiaobai because of his easygoing nature. Seeing Xiaobai asking such a private question so directly, she wasn't angry. Instead, she smiled at Xiaobai.

"But I saw you were having a lot of trouble walking just now, sister."

"Is it obvious?" the ship girl asked.

"..." Xiaobai was about to say something obvious, but after seeing the ship girl's expression, he unconsciously shut his mouth.

After asking that question, the ship girl in front of me had a helpless expression mixed with sadness.

Xiao Bai felt it was better not to say that obvious thing.

“…I see.” The ship girl lowered her head and sighed softly. She reached out her hand and gently stroked Xiaobai’s face twice.

The ship girl's hands trembled, as if she had no strength at all.

"It's not just the feet." The ship girl smiled at Xiaobai, then withdrew her hand, quickly concealing the helpless expression on her face. "In short, you've covered up everything except the legs very well. Hmm, as expected of me."

"..." Xiaobai looked at the ship girl with some apology.

The ship girl noticed the somewhat guilty look in Xiaobai's eyes, and she gave Xiaobai a bright smile: "There's nothing wrong with my body, the problem is elsewhere."

"Other places?" Xiaobai looked at the ship girl in front of her with curiosity.

"To be precise, I don't know how to use this body yet." The ship girl said, looking at her hands and pondering for a moment, "These are hands, those are feet, those are legs, and that is waist."

As the ship girl spoke, she slowly placed her hand on the corresponding spot: "This body feels like it's not mine, it's quite difficult to get used to."

Xiaobai looked at the ship girl, lost in thought: "Sister, were you a ship girl who was only recently created?"

"Ah, you figured that out?" The ship girl looked at Xiaobai and nodded with a smile. "Hello, cute little sister, my name is Constellation, and I'm the second ship of the Lexington-class."

Xiao Bai looked at the constellation, staring at her beautiful face. In his astonishment, he also revealed an expression of "I knew it."

Although Xiaobai is an admiral, she is in charge of ship girls, not actual ships. Furthermore, Xiaobai has not received professional training, so her knowledge of ship history is not deep. When encountering the names of new ship girls, Xiaobai usually needs reminders from those around her to identify the ship type.

However, Xiaobai wasn't completely ignorant about the history of the ships. Because he had spent a lot of time at the naval base and with Lexington, he had some interest and desire to learn about Lexington and Saratoga.

—Astrology.

Xiaobai had heard of the name and knew about the ship; she was Saratoga's older sister and Lexington's younger sister.

This ship was built as a battlecruiser along with Lexington and Saratoga, but construction was halted halfway through due to contractual obligations. Lexington and Saratoga, which were started at the same time as Constellation, were later converted into aircraft carriers and successfully entered service, thus avoiding being scrapped. However, Constellation was not so lucky.

—The constellations in history never even went to sea or saw the color of the ocean; they were demolished midway through construction.

In other words, a constellation is not a complete ship, just like an empire; it cannot become a ship girl.

Even under extremely special circumstances, becoming a ship girl would ultimately result in the same outcome that Shiro is witnessing now.

Xiao Bai looked at the constellation's limbs and sighed.

When ship girls like those from constellations and empires, which are "ships that never existed before," appear, there are always some serious problems.

Although the Empire was born alongside Rome, its spirit was quite weak. It took the little white girl half a month to barely bring it back to normal. The constellation before us is probably similar to the Empire. As a ship with no service experience, it was scrapped halfway through its journey, so the constellation, as a ship girl, naturally doesn't know how to control its body.

"I was created this morning," the constellation said slowly to Little White.

"Oh... today." Xiaobai nodded. "Where's your admiral, sister?"

"The admiral thinks I'm too bad and doesn't want me anymore," Constellation said, sitting on a stool, craning her neck to look at the ceiling.

"Huh?" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise.

"Look at this, how could any admiral possibly want a useless ship girl who can't even move freely?" Constellation said calmly.

"This kind of problem will be resolved quickly," Xiaobai said to Xingzuo. "Sister, your admiral won't abandon you because of something like this."

Looking at Xiaobai's serious face, Xingzuo couldn't help but chuckle. "Thank you. Don't worry, I was just teasing you."

"what?"

"I haven't even seen my admiral yet. She just left me in the construction facility and went on her way," Constellation said with a deep breath, sounding somewhat helpless.

"..." Xiaobai stared at the constellations speechlessly.

For some reason, Xiaobai suddenly felt sorry for the constellation, having been stuck with such an irresponsible admiral.

The birth of ship girls is a very important event for all admirals. As partners who will form contracts with ship girls in the future, it is really too much for an admiral to so confidently place the construction device that has already been developed for ship girls here.

Even the world's number one admiral, Xiaobai, wouldn't do something like this.

"That's so unfair..." Xiaobai murmured.

When Xingzuo heard Xiaobai's voice, she didn't say anything, but just smiled faintly.

Although the zodiac signs may appear nonchalant on the surface, they still harbor considerable resentment at being left out.

"Speaking of which, little sister, where is your admiral?" Constellation asked.

"Huh?" Little White pointed to himself. "Me?"

"Ah."

"I'm not a ship girl, I'm an admiral," Xiaobai said.

Constellation looked at Xiaobai with some surprise: "You're the Admiral?"

“…Hmm.” Xiaobai nodded, then pointed to the admiral’s uniform he was wearing.

"So young!"

"I'm an adult now," Xiaobai said shamelessly, hands on his hips.

"You look like you're only sixteen."

Xiao Bai awkwardly turned her head away.

“There are all sorts of people among the admirals.” Constellation said, then lowered her head with a sigh, staring at her legs and murmuring, “Little sister, it’s been a pleasure chatting with you.”

Xiao Bai looked at the constellation and, following her gaze, also noticed the constellation's thighs.

As she described, Xingzuo's legs are long, shapely, with firm skin and beautiful curves; they are a pair of very healthy and pleasing long legs.

Unfortunately, no matter how beautiful and eye-catching these legs are, their zodiac sign simply cannot control them.

Xiao Bai looked at the constellation with some sympathy for a while, then quietly reached out and placed her hand flat on the constellation's thigh.

Xiaobai has a well-behaved and obedient appearance, which is a big plus in the eyes of the constellation. Even after learning that Xiaobai is not a ship girl but an admiral, the constellation did not have a particularly big reaction after she made this somewhat outrageous move.

"Sister Constellation, perhaps I can help you a little," Xiaobai said to Constellation.

"How can I help?" Constellation looked at Xiaobai and smiled at her.

"Wait a minute, constellation sister, don't move!"

"Ok?"

Then, just as Constellation was wondering what Xiaobai was going to do, a surging spiritual wave, like a vast ocean, burst out of Xiaobai's small body and, to Constellation's astonishment, swallowed her whole.

Chapter 647 The Zodiac Signs Are Not Clean

At first, the constellation simply mistook this seemingly well-behaved little girl for a destroyer. After all, appearance is always a convenient way to distinguish between ship girls and humans. This little girl had distinctive white hair and golden eyes, and her skin looked particularly smooth and fair, which was almost a clear indication that she was a ship girl.

However, it turns out that judging a book by its cover is often a mistake. From the little girl's zodiac sign, we learned that she was not a ship girl, but an admiral.

Even so, for some reason, the constellation that found the girl in front of them quite interesting did not leave, but continued their conversation.

As we chatted, the conversation drifted to the topic of legs in astrology.

This is also a source of pain for those born under the sign of the zodiac.

For a ship girl, nothing is more painful than stepping out of the construction facility only to find that she can't control her own body.

The constellation's body is healthy, which is a blessing in disguise, but her spirit is deficient and incomplete. Her spirit cannot support her to control her body smoothly. She can only be like four thin, long threads, suspending her limbs and moving her body like a puppeteer.

How am I supposed to fight with this body?

The fact that Constellation told Xiaobai that the Admiral didn't want her anymore wasn't entirely untrue.

The constellation lowered its head, feeling lost about its future.

Just then, the little girl who had been talking to him pressed her thigh and said to him with a confident expression that she might be able to help him.

The horoscope, of course, simply laughed it off.

I am very clear about my own situation and zodiac sign. My physical condition is not a problem with my body itself, which is precisely why my problem is so difficult to solve.

This proves that all medical treatments are ineffective against astrology.