Elder brother's garrison

Just minutes after Xiaobai left the gate of the first node, on the other side, in a corner of the street, Luo Lian, sprinting at a speed like a 100-meter dash, rushed towards the entrance like a gust of wind.

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When no one was around, Xiaobai trotted back to Nia's courtyard.

In the middle of Nia's courtyard, Yi Xian was practicing her horse stance in front of her room. Her snow-white, plump legs were exposed from the slits of her cheongsam, like white jade, attracting the attention of Deep Sea Bismarck and Deep Sea Tirpitz, who were squatting on the steps in front of the door.

"Admiral?" Yi Xian saw Xiao Bai running back. She put away her imposing manner and greeted Xiao Bai, "You've returned quite early this time."

"Yixian!" Xiaobai looked around the courtyard, and after confirming that no one else was there, she quickly closed the courtyard gate behind her. Then she ran to Yixian and asked, "Yixian, can you do me a favor?"

"Please speak, Admiral. I will do my utmost to help you with anything you can do." Although curious, Yi Xian smiled at Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai clasped her hands together and looked at Yi Xian: "Yi Xian, please cut my hair!"

As soon as Xiaobai said those words, the courtyard fell silent.

Yi Xian smiled at Xiao Bai, tilting her head slightly as if to confirm she hadn't misheard: "Hmm?"

"Yixian, please cut my hair." Xiaobai said, gathering her long white hair from the back of her head to her chest. Then she held up her hand to measure the position of her neck. "It'll be cut to here."

Yi Xian reached out and touched his forehead, then looked at Deep Sea Bismarck and Deep Sea Tirpitz behind him.

"...Admiral, are you serious?" Yi Xian asked Xiao Bai.

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded.

"Admiral, your hair is a rare sight in Yixian's life, and many of the sisters in the naval base, including Yixian herself, also admire your hair. Why do you suddenly want to cut it off?" Yixian asked.

"Because I want to change my image," Xiaobai said to Yixian.

"Change your image?" Yi Xian asked, puzzled.

Xiao Bai hugged her hair, smiled and nodded at Yi Xian: "The kind of person that no one would recognize."

Chapter 759 Take it with you, and you will be perfect.

Regarding the disappearance of the ship girl, although Xiaobai seemed a little flustered just now, she had actually been mentally prepared for it for a long time.

After all, the first node of the deep-sea cluster means not only a large number of deep-sea amphibious ships, but also a powerful deep-sea dean.

No matter how Luo Lian and Guild Leader Er Gou modify the First Node, or how much of a leveling paradise the First Node becomes, they cannot prevent the existence of a Deep Sea Dean in this sea area.

When facing Abyssal Fleet ships, the ship girls have overwhelming combat power, but conversely, the Abyssal Fleet Captain also possesses performance that surpasses that of ordinary ship girls.

As the deep-sea cluster phenomenon intensifies, the maturity of the deep-sea director increases. At the peak of the deep-sea cluster phenomenon, it means that the deep-sea director has also been conceived.

So those missing ship girls are most likely the result of being attacked by the Deep Sea Dean.

This is also the main reason why Xiaobai has her ship girls patrolling the sea. After all, Saratoga, Sully, and Bismarck possess combat power far exceeding the concept of ordinary ship girls. If any ship girl is attacked by the Abyssal Commander and they happen to see it, they can provide some assistance. Even the slightly weaker Fubuki and Changchun can still ensure the safety of attacked ship girls under the Abyssal Commander's protection. Furthermore, even if they are encountered by Constellations or the newly recruited Royal Oak, their maxed-out levels, forcibly raised by Xiaobai, make it easy for them to retreat and contact Bismarck and the others.

The battle between the Deep Sea Dean and the ship girls was quite massive. Logically speaking, if they had really encountered ship girls, Bismarck, who was also on the same sea, would have been able to notice the scale of the battle.

Thinking about it this way, those ship girls could only stubbornly stay on the sea until the first node closed and the Admiral's Guild advised the ship girls to leave. While the ship girls of Xiaobai had all gone home, they were still greedily staying on the sea to fight until night fell, when they were finally caught by the passing Deep Sea Dean.

There's no need to worry about the ship girls' safety for now. If you think about it this way, the ship girls will encounter a crisis at night. When the ship girls trigger the heavily damaged protection, they are invincible. The heavily damaged protection can last for a whole day and night. In other words, the ship girls are safe until tonight.

President Er Gou asked Xiao Bai to find these ship girls, since rescuing them has a profound meaning. If Xiao Bai can rescue them, the first node will still be a leveling paradise. If Xiao Bai can't rescue them, then there will be big trouble.

Currently, the only person who can reliably locate the missing ship girls is the Deep Sea Will, a deep-sea expert. However, this expert resides in Xiaobai's body. Xiaobai is a human admiral and is currently enjoying great popularity. Many admirals and ship girls in the second chapter recognize his face, which makes it impossible for Xiaobai to openly search for people on the sea full of ship girls. If he waits until late at night, after the ship girls have left the first node, there may not be enough time to search.

So, after thinking for a while, Xiaobai returned to the courtyard and asked Yixian to cut her long hair, hoping to change her image.

—Then, today, Xiaobai will once again act as a ship girl and go to the sea area of ​​the first node to carry out her own rescue operation.

"Oh, right, and this too."

To Yixian's somewhat bewildered gaze, Xiaobai kept pulling out a bunch of bottles and jars from the ship's equipment space.

"This is hair dye. Could you help me dye my hair later, Yixian?" Xiaobai asked Yixian, pulling out a pair of black contact lenses for disguise, along with non-prescription glasses...

Before Xiaobai had finished scooping, Yixian gently placed her hands on her head.

Xiao Bai paused in his continuous rummaging through the ship's equipment space, then looked at Yi Xian.

Yi Xian frowned slightly, but still gave Xiao Bai a rather helpless smile: "Yi Xian understands. Admiral, please find a place to sit down."

Xiao Bai nodded, then obediently sat down on a stool next to him.

Yi Xian put the bottles and jars that Xiao Bai had taken out aside, stood behind Xiao Bai, and picked them up one by one to look at them.

"Admiral, did you buy these a long time ago?" Yi Xian asked.

"Ah... um." Xiaobai nodded a little shyly.

"Artificial colors can never compare to natural colors," Yi Xian said to Xiao Bai as she picked through the colorful hair dyes.

"...If I go home like this, it will scare my parents," Xiaobai said softly, lowering her head.

Yixian paused for a few seconds as she picked up the hair dye.

"It was Yixian who was too talkative." Yixian placed a bottle of hair dye next to Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai felt Yi Xian's hand touch her neck, and then she slowly gathered her hair.

Because Yi Xian was standing behind him, Xiao Bai couldn't see Yi Xian's eyes, but he could subtly sense the regret in Yi Xian's gaze.

"...It's okay." Xiaobai said, looking ahead. "I have ship equipment, and my hair turned like this because of it. Even if I cut it short and dye it a different color, it will change back very quickly."

"Yi Xian understands." For some reason, as Xiao Bai finished speaking, Yi Xian's voice seemed to carry a hint of relief.

A cool breeze blew up the back of Xiaobai's neck, and then there was a snapping sound. Xiaobai felt his head lighten, and the long white hair that used to reach his heels was detached from his body.

There was no sound of anything falling to the ground. Xiaobai turned her head and saw Yixian holding her cut hair and carefully placing it on a stool next to her.

"If you're going to dye your hair, you can dye it blue, green, yellow, or anything like that, like the ship girls," Xiaobai said to Yixian.

“Compared to those colors, the Admiral’s face shape is more suited to black or white hair.” Yi Xian picked up the hair dye from the side.

"Ah... those contact lenses and eyeglass frames..."

"Contact lenses are bad for your eyes, and wearing glasses for too long can leave marks on your nose and ears." Yi Xian said as she stood behind Xiao Bai. "Admiral, turn your head back."

Xiao Bai quickly straightened his posture.

As Xiaobai expected, Yixian was indeed somewhat knowledgeable in hairdressing. With her help, two hours passed, and Xiaobai's originally bright white hair was dyed back to black. After dyeing her hair, Yixian trimmed Xiaobai's hair a little with scissors and then took out a set of casual clothes from her ship equipment space.

Xiao Bai took off his admiral's uniform and put on new clothes.

"Admiral, all done." Just as Xiaobai finished dressing and was wondering what he looked like, Yixian smiled and nodded at him.

"Huh? Is that all?" Xiaobai asked doubtfully.

"That's fine," Yi Xian said.

"...It looks like I just dyed my hair." Xiaobai reached out and tugged at her newly trimmed bangs. "Is there a big difference?"

Yi Xian took out a mirror from her ship's equipment space and handed it to Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai took the mirror and looked into it.

Xiaobai's hair color has returned to the black it was before he became an admiral, and his hairstyle has also returned to its previous shoulder-length style.

Although there have been some changes, Xiaobai doesn't believe that these changes have completely altered his image.

"Admiral, no matter how you disguise yourself, it's hard for those sensitive girls not to notice when you're with the ship girls you spend every day with." Yi Xian saw the doubt in Xiao Bai's heart and said to Xiao Bai, "However, these disguises are enough for those who have only seen the Admiral a few times."

"Is that enough?" Xiaobai was a little unsure.

"Admiral, what do you think people outside think of you?" Yi Xian asked.

"...long white hair?"

Yi Xian smiled and said, "Yes, this was almost a symbol of your true form as the Admiral. But now that symbol is gone, and you're not wearing the Admiral's uniform. Clothing can change the temperament of a girl. Such a small change is impossible for those who have already defined you as the Admiral based on their first impression."

Xiao Bai looked down and examined his clothes.

The outfit that Yi Xian gave Xiao Bai looks like a sailor uniform that Yi Xian sewed herself. It fits Xiao Bai very well. The style seems to be inspired by Saratoga, but it is a bit more flamboyant in the details, which actually fits the already flamboyant style of ship girls' clothes.

After acquiring ship equipment and the Will of the Deep Sea, Shiro's appearance has already improved significantly, making her no less attractive than ship girls. Now that she has taken off her admiral's uniform and put on a slightly flamboyant sailor uniform, when she encounters other admirals in the second chapter, everyone's first impression of Shiro will probably be that of a ship girl rather than a human.

Xiao Bai felt that what Yi Xian said made some sense.

"Thank you, Yixian," Xiaobai said to Yixian.

"It was nothing." Yi Xian bowed slightly.

"But... Yixian, when did you make this outfit?"

"Back at the naval base, didn't Yixian say she was going to knit you a scarf? The scarf is finished, but since it's not winter yet, Yixian had some free time, so she also made you a set of clothes. She originally planned to give it to you when she had time for your birthday, but she didn't expect it to come in handy so soon," Yixian said.

"It's a birthday present." Xiaobai touched the fabric of the sailor uniform, feeling a little touched. "Thank you, Yixian."

"Oh, right, Admiral, if you're still not entirely comfortable with the disguise, I have something else to give you." Yi Xian looked at Xiao Bai, who was dressed in a sailor uniform, thought for a moment, and then searched for something in her ship equipment space.

"What is it?"

"It's something that can break other people's preconceived notions about you, Admiral." As Yi Xian spoke, her hand, which was searching in the ship's equipment space, found something and quickly took out two soft, gelatinous objects.

They were two pale yellow, gelatinous discs, one side slightly concave and the other slightly bulging, with a rather thick middle. When Yi Xian took them out, the two disc-shaped objects were still trembling slightly in Yi Xian's hand.

Xiao Bai stared blankly at the thing in Yi Xian's hand. For some reason, he felt a strange sense of desolation rising rapidly from the soles of his feet to his heart.

"...Yixian, what is this?"

"Reporting to the Admiral, it's a breast pad," Yi Xian replied.

Chapter 760 The size of breast pads is directly proportional to happiness

As Yixian pulled out the breast pads from her ship's equipment space, Nia's courtyard fell into a long silence.

"...Huh? What is this?" Xiaobai couldn't believe her eyes and ears.

"Reporting to the Admiral, it's a breast pad," Yi Xian explained again.

"..." Xiaobai looked at Yixian with a complicated expression.

"The Admiral doesn't know this?" Yi Xian lowered her hand from the bra pad and gave Xiao Bai a kind smile. "Breast pads are cotton pads inside bras that help maintain the shape of the breasts. Girls with small breasts can usually put them in the mesh pocket inside their bras to make their breasts look..."

"Ah ...

"Admiral?" Yi Xian was not startled by Xiao Bai's sudden action. Instead, she found Xiao Bai's unusually childish behavior rather endearing.

"I know, of course I know!" Xiaobai pouted, her expression complicated.

As a girl, how could Xiaobai not know about breast pads? Xiaobai has known about their existence for a very, very long time.

“It’s even better that the Admiral knows this.” Yi Xian walked up to Xiao Bai and said to her, “Admiral, if you use this, your chest will look fuller. For others who are used to your original appearance, this change will make it easier to hide your identity.”

"..." Xiaobai swallowed hard. She looked at Yixian and asked softly, "...But Yixian, if I use this, won't I be even more conspicuous?"

“Even if you use this, your size will only be average, Admiral, so please don’t worry,” Yi Xian said.

If Yi Xian's ears were any sharper, he probably could have heard the sound of Xiao Bai's heart breaking.

Xiao Bai pouted, looking at Yi Xian with a somewhat dejected expression.

"Doesn't the Admiral want to bring him?" Yi Xian noticed that Xiao Bai's expression had become somewhat unnatural.

"...I have a feeling that if I wear it... I'll just have to accept my fate." Xiaobai muttered to herself as she lowered her head and reached out to touch her chest.

Looking at Xiaobai's actions, Yixian finally understood Xiaobai's thoughts.

"Admiral is still a child, it's normal that he hasn't developed yet," Yi Xian comforted Xiao Bai. "Perhaps you might envy the voluptuous women in the naval base, but I'm sure many of them envy your slender figure."

"..."

"Whether breasts are large or small is just an objective statement; there's absolutely no superiority or inferiority." Yi Xian placed the two breast pads in one hand and stroked Xiao Bai's head with the other. "Perhaps some people equate a girl's charm with that area, but Admiral, as a girl, the source of charm should be an understanding heart and good upbringing and habits, shouldn't it?"

Yi Xian's words were very warm, like a warm current slowly flowing into Xiao Bai's heart.

Xiao Bai was somewhat moved by Yi Xian's words.

This is such a kind and understanding older sister. Yi Xian is right. The source of a girl's charm lies in a deeper realm. Look at Yi Xian, isn't she the ship girl who releases this charm to the fullest extent?

She was beautiful, understanding, pure of heart, elegant, and had a regular and healthy lifestyle. She…

She raised her head and looked at Yixian in front of her.

What catches the eye is the full, rounded bosom of Yixian's chest, with its perfect curves, a faint fragrance, and autumn fruits that exude a strong maternal aura.

Against the backdrop of her perfectly shaped breasts, which resembled a treasure, Yi Xian's serene and beautiful face seemed to gain an extra touch of delicate, alluring charm.

Xiao Bai lowered his head wearily. "Okay, I'll take it."

"Has the Admiral figured it out?" Yi Xian asked.

"...No." Xiaobai covered her face, her voice trembling slightly, "It's despair."