Elder brother's garrison

"Keep it a secret?" Yi Xian was taken aback.

"Just don't tell Xiaobai, she won't ask you." Tirpitz gave Yixian a thumbs up, then pushed open the door and walked out with a nonchalant air.

Yi Xian stared blankly at the mummy Bismarck in the room, the Deep Sea Tirpitz holding his painting tools, and the CV16 squatting blankly in front of the Deep Sea Tirpitz, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Should we keep it a secret from the Admiral...?" Yi Xian thought about it and felt something was wrong, but then felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

She looked at Deep Sea Tirpitz, who was holding her painting tools. Deep Sea Tirpitz had a childlike, innocent, and happy smile on her face. When she saw Yi Xian looking at her, she smiled back at Yi Xian.

Faced with the sudden smile from Deep Sea Tirpitz, Yi Xian seemed somewhat at a loss.

"Thank you." Suddenly, CV16, who was squatting in front of Deepsea Tirpitz, turned around and said to Yixian expressionlessly.

"Hmm?" Yi Xian looked at cv16, somewhat puzzled. "Miss cv16...did I do something?"

“She said thank you.” cv16 pointed to Deepsea Tirpitz.

"..." Yi Xian blinked. "Miss CV16, can you understand Tirpitz from the Deep Sea?"

cv16 blinked, thought for a moment, and finally nodded.

Chapter 712 The Expected Guest

"Ah chirp!!"

Not long after Xiaobai stepped out of Yixian's room, she suddenly felt a cold wind rush up her spine and neck, making her shiver.

"Admiral? You've caught a cold again?" Fubuki and Nagaharu, who were standing next to Xiaobai, hurriedly took out thermos cups and rubbed against Xiaobai on tiptoe. "Admiral, here's a panacea!"

"It's okay, it's okay, I don't have a cold." Xiaobai wiped her nose with her fist, then smiled at the destroyers in front of her.

Seeing that Xiaobai showed no abnormalities after sneezing, the destroyers abandoned the idea of ​​using the panacea.

Xiao Bai turned around and looked towards Yi Xian's room. He saw Tirpitz just coming out of Yi Xian's room. She glanced in his direction, made a gesture as if eating potato chips, and then walked back to her room without looking back.

Xiao Bai couldn't help but laugh. It seemed he would have to find some time to buy Tirpitz some snacks.

After playing with the destroyers for a while, it got dark. Under Helena's command, the ship girls moved tables, chairs, and other furniture out of the warehouse. Xiaobai also took this opportunity to go out and pick out a few bags of potato chips for Tirpitz from the snack shop next door.

Little White returned to Nia's courtyard, where Bismarck, holding a ladle, was standing by the door with her arms crossed, wearing an apron.

"Bismarck, are you waiting for someone here?" Little White asked Bismarck.

"I almost got some cilantro. Missouri bought it outside," Bismarck said to Xiaobai. Her gaze swept downwards, and she quickly noticed the plastic bag containing several bags of potato chips in Xiaobai's hand. "Snacks can be eaten after meals."

"Ah, um." Little White nodded to Bismarck, "This isn't for me, it's for Tirpitz."

Bismarck paused for a moment, then reached out and took the plastic bag from Xiaobai's hand: "I'll give it to her."

"Ah... thank you for your help."

Xiaobai watched as Bismarck threw the plastic bag directly into her ship equipment space and smiled somewhat awkwardly.

Bismarck wasn't exactly lenient with Tirpitz. She was fine with him in the naval base, but she was very strict with him when they went to war.

It'll probably be several days before Xiaobai's bags of potato chips reach Tirpitz.

Xiaobai was powerless to do anything about it. She could only put her hands together and sigh that she had done all she could.

After that came the happy dinner time. Luo Lian returned on time with the filthy Warspite and Desmond. Warspite, with a pained expression, asked Nia where the bathing place was before pulling Desmond into a room. A few minutes later, a clean-washed Warspite and a slightly flushed Desmond emerged from the room amidst the sound of running water and occasional exclamations of "So big! So soft!"

After dinner, many of the ship girls were still excited about the robbery that morning. The courtyard remained lively until Shiro went to her room to sleep.

Fortunately, the ship girls knew that the admirals (mainly Nia) didn't have as much energy as the usual ship girls. After the admirals went to their rooms to sleep, the ship girls tidied up the yard and went back to their own homes.

Xiao Bai also took the opportunity to visit the spiritual world while she was alone. The spiritual world seemed to have entered a period of slow development these past few days, and there were no major changes in the architecture. However, when the deep-sea giant phoenixes saw Xiao Bai, they all blushed and obediently gathered around her.

Xiao Bai went to the villa where Deep Sea Will was located and took a stroll around. Deep Sea Will was squatting in the living room playing video games as usual, with no change.

After exchanging the usual greetings, Xiaobai withdrew from its mental world and had a wonderful sleep.

The next day, Xiaobai woke up from bed stretching.

Xiao Bai pushed open the door and saw Nia and Luo Lian huddled together at the edge of the sink, washing vegetables in a very intimate manner.

"Lianlian, Nia, good morning!" Xiaobai greeted the two admirals.

"Ah, good morning, Xiaobai." Nia heard Xiaobai's voice, turned her head, and smiled at Xiaobai.

Luo Lian also waved to Xiao Bai.

"You guys get up so early?"

"I can't sleep," Luo Lian said with a smile to Xiao Bai.

"Are you having trouble sleeping?"

"Mm." Luo Lian smiled as she looked at Xiao Bai.

Compared to Nia, who is used to waking up early, Luo Lian doesn't actually wake up this early. However, for Luo Lian, the thought of Xiao Bai sleeping unguarded within her attack range makes her too excited to sleep, which is an old habit.

"Lianlian, you seem to be in good spirits."

"In the end, I forced myself to fall asleep."

"Forced? Sleeping pills?" Xiaobai looked at Luo Lian with some concern. "Taking those things for a long time is bad for your health."

"No, I didn't use such an unhealthy method." Luo Lian shook her head and stretched out her two hands, which were wet with cold water, to grab her own neck. "I can just knock myself unconscious and fall asleep."

Xiao Bai and Nia watched Luo Lian in silence.

You, Luo, are quite a ruthless person... and it seems this kind of behavior is even less healthy than sleeping pills...

Just as Xiao Bai opened her mouth, about to tell Luo Lian that if she couldn't sleep, she could ask her to sleep with her at night, a knock on the door drew her attention.

A knock came from the gate of the courtyard.

Nia's courtyard is only closed at night, and it was wide open in broad daylight. It's likely that the person who came was standing by the door, knocking on the open gate to attract the attention of the people inside.

Xiaobai and the other two turned their heads toward the source of the sound, and saw several ship girls wearing cloaks standing at the gate of the courtyard, looking in their direction.

"...Um..." The cloaked ship girl at the head of the group surveyed the courtyard, her gaze lingering for a moment on the pile of purple equipment that looked like trash in the middle of the yard and the three admirals huddled together by the water tank, before she asked in a low voice, "...Is anyone there...?"

"Someone's here." Nia put down the vegetables from the sink, wiped her hands on her clothes, and walked towards the door. "May I ask who you are...?"

The ship girl in the cloak watched as Nia walked towards her. She let out a small sigh of relief and, under Nia's gaze, reached out her hands and pulled down the cloak covering her face, revealing her pretty face underneath.

Nia stopped abruptly, took a small breath, and took several steps back.

The ship girl under the cloak is the flagship among the ship girls that Bismarck and her group robbed yesterday, the tall ship girl.

However, this tall ship girl was completely different from the dashing figure she had seen yesterday. Now, the tall ship girl looked dejected, her eyes were dim, and all the original heroic spirit and confidence had disappeared.

"Hello." The tall ship girl bowed respectfully to Nia and greeted her softly.

However, even though the tall ship girl's actions were very respectful, Nia did not show any signs of relaxation. She looked at the tall ship girl and the ship girls in cloaks behind her with some fright, and for a moment, she was speechless.

A golden light flashed, and Cleveland, with a toothbrush in her mouth, rushed from the other side of the yard to Nia's side. She reached out and pushed Nia behind her, staring at the tall ship girl with hostility.

Takao and Atago also trotted over to Nia's side, staring at the tall ship girl with considerable hostility.

"How did you find this place?" Cleveland asked, his mouth full of toothbrush, but his speech remained clear.

"After all, Miss Nia is a very famous person... so it's relatively easy to find her." The tall ship girl looked at Cleveland protecting Nia behind her, and a faint envy appeared in her eyes.

Cleveland glanced back at Nia a few times.

Nia is indeed quite famous in the second chapter. Although her strength seems rather weak and powerless compared to Xiaobai, Nia's fleet strength was actually enough to break through the second chapter and reach the third chapter long ago. In addition, she served as a cute guide girl for so long in the first node, so it is normal for her to attract attention.

Xiao Bai and Luo Lian arrived at Nia's side. Only after sensing Xiao Bai's presence did Nia relax a little. She subconsciously reached out and grabbed Xiao Bai's sleeve, leaning against him with some dependence.

"Don't worry, I mean you no harm." Seeing Cleveland's still hostile expression, the tall ship girl quickly waved her hand and gave Cleveland and Nia a wry smile. "Really... I promise..."

The weak, listless tone, tinged with a hint of loss and despair, was quite convincing. Even Cleveland's excited expression calmed down a little after hearing it.

Cleveland also subconsciously glanced in the direction of Little White.

Xiao Bai was smiling faintly, seemingly not worried about anything.

Cleveland straightened up after seeing Xiaobai's expression, picked up her toothbrush, and started brushing her teeth while staring at the tall ship girl.

Seeing that the ship girls opposite had ceased combat, the tall ship girl finally breathed a sigh of relief. She stood there for a while, somewhat at a loss, before looking towards the road outside the door.

Outside the door were some ship girls and admirals who were going out to buy groceries. Many of them were attracted by the group of tall ship girls and were looking in their direction.

"...Can I go inside and talk?" the tall ship girl pleaded.

"No." Kaohsiung and Atago have absolutely no chance.

The tall ship girl wasn't surprised by the reply. She nodded, but stood by the door somewhat dejectedly. Then she bowed deeply to the people in the courtyard: "I've come to apologize."

Chapter 713 Nature Has Always Overcome Everything

Early in the morning, a number of ship girls gathered at the entrance of Nia's courtyard. The ship girls were all wearing thick cloaks, covering themselves completely. Only the tall ship girl at the head of the group took off her cloak when she bowed.

This unusual situation attracted the attention of many admirals and ship girls who went out to buy groceries. Pedestrians in the alley turned their gaze to these ship girls, and then focused on the face of the tall ship girl in the lead.

The tall ship girl seems to have quite a reputation as well. Many admirals and ship girls can't help but whisper among themselves when they see her face. Things like, "That ship girl is from such-and-such a team, she seemed to have gotten herself into trouble yesterday, apparently quite badly, she has a grudge against Nia," and then all sorts of other whispers echo through the alleyways.

As a ship girl, the tall ship girl could naturally hear this level of discussion. As she listened to the surrounding voices, the color on her face kept returning and disappearing.

The ship girls behind the tall ship girl also lowered their heads, not daring to speak.

"Apologize in person?" Nia murmured, looking at the tall ship girl with some confusion.

As an admiral who had been heavily targeted in the past, Nia naturally recognized the ship girls in front of her. She was startled because she thought these ship girls were coming to cause her trouble.

The tall ship girl didn't speak; she remained in the bowing position at the courtyard gate.

Unbeknownst to them, the murmurs in the alley grew louder and louder. One by one, the admirals and ship girls who had come to watch the commotion peeked out from their own courtyards, curiously looking towards the gate of Nia's courtyard.

Nia looked at the tall ship girl with some difficulty. Although she couldn't see what was happening outside, she could still hear the murmurs and discussions.

Nia glanced at Xiaobai, and seeing the reassurance in Xiaobai's eyes, Nia whispered to the tall ship girl, "If you have something to say, come in and talk."

Having such a group of eye-catching ship girls guarding the gate, drawing attention from those around them, was indeed not a comfortable situation for Nia. After careful consideration, Nia decided to let the ship girls in first, since the admiral's residence in the city was an absolutely safe area, and with Shiro and her ship girls by her side, and this being her base camp, she didn't need to worry too much.

Upon hearing Nia's words, the tall ship girl raised her head, a hint of gratitude quickly welling up in her eyes. She nodded, not daring to glance around, and led the ship girls behind her into Nia's courtyard.

As the group of ship girls entered Nia's yard, the ship girls who were originally enjoying their leisurely morning time began to stare at them nervously, especially Cleveland, Takao, and Atago. Although the hostility in their eyes was somewhat concealed, it did not diminish even after the tall ship girls adopted such a humble posture.

Wearing an apron and carrying a bamboo basket, Bismarck walked out of the kitchen. She glanced at the tall ship girl and her companions standing in the middle of the yard, said nothing, and slowly walked to Shiro's side.

"I'm going to buy some eggs," Bismarck said to Little White, carrying a basket.

"Okay, Bismarck, don't worry." Little White made a cheering gesture to Bismarck, "It'll be fine here."

Bismarck nodded, then calmly picked up the bamboo basket and walked out the door.

As always, Bismarck showed no awareness that the enemy had entered her courtyard. She walked past the tall ship girl as if she were walking through a crowd on the street.

This wasn't a deliberate reaction; on the contrary, it was just Bismarck's personality. She was like this when she was in the naval base. However, it seemed that this homely Bismarck somewhat dampened the tall ship girl's confidence. After realizing that Bismarck didn't take them seriously at all, the tall ship girl's eyes dimmed considerably.

"It's alright, everyone go and rest first." Xiaobai also noticed that her ship girls were also moving closer to this side. She turned her head, smiled at the ship girls behind her, and then dismissed them.

After doing all this, Xiaobai, Nia, and Luo Lian quietly looked at the tall ship girl who walked in.

The tall ship girl kept her head down and didn't say a word after Bismarck left.

After a while of this stalemate, seeing that neither Nia nor the tall ship girl seemed inclined to speak, Xiaobai opened her mouth and asked the tall ship girl, "Have you had breakfast?"

"Huh?" The tall ship girl raised her head and looked at Xiaobai with some surprise.

Xiaobai smiled at the tall ship girl: "Have you had breakfast?"

“…No, no.” The tall ship girl stammered in response.

"That's true." Xiaobai looked at the tall ship girl's disheveled appearance, guessing she probably wasn't in the mood for breakfast. "Want to eat together?"

"...No need, thank you..." The tall ship girl shook her head.

"Would you like porridge or noodles? Or fried dough sticks and soy milk? Bismarck went out to buy eggs, so if you want boiled eggs, you'll have to wait for her to come back. Oh, speaking of which, we also have sandwiches and milk here. Milk, plain or strawberry flavor? I'm sorry, we don't have many other flavors of milk here." Xiaobai smiled at the tall ship girl. "Or are you a xiaolongbao fan? Would you like tofu pudding? Sweet or savory? I can ask Bismarck to buy some."

Watching Shiro enthusiastically discussing what to have for breakfast, seemingly oblivious to her statement that she didn't want to eat breakfast, the tall ship girl's expression became slightly subtle.

"If you like Japanese food, it's a bit complicated to make, but it shouldn't be a big problem. Or do you prefer white rice?"

"...Please give me a bowl of plain porridge." The tall ship girl felt that things might get more complicated if this continued. After thinking for a long time, she stopped the increasingly enthusiastic Little White and pleaded with her head down.

Where are the ship girls behind you?

"...White porridge will do."

What side dishes would you like?

"..." The tall ship girl wanted to say that she didn't need to come, but seeing the white-haired admiral in front of her with his hands clasped together, looking very happy that he finally had a guest, she gave up struggling. "Just a small packet of pickled vegetables will do... Please don't go to too much trouble... Thank you for your trouble."

Nia breathed a sigh of relief after the tall ship girl agreed to have breakfast. She gave Xiaobai a thank-you look, then turned around and directed the ship girls to set up tables and chairs and arrange seats for them. Nia then went into the kitchen and soon brought out bowls of steaming white porridge.