Elder brother's garrison

"That's the result."

"It never happened before..."

"Doesn't this prove that your inner world is becoming more and more complete? Congratulations!"

"...Then I won't be able to sleep peacefully anymore. What if I accidentally pull a strange ship girl into my mind?"

“There’s no need to worry about that,” the Will of the Deep Sea said.

"Ok?"

"These ship girls in the mental world are the ones who were connected to your admiral network and are trusted by you. So you have no suspicion of them, and they can easily enter the mental world. If it were someone else, they might be blocked outside the walls of the mental world."

"...How did York get in the first time?"

“I told you, she logged in illegally,” the Deep Sea Will said.

"...What exactly does 'illegal' mean?"

“She didn’t come in from the outside, but was summoned from the inside.”

"...That's really amazing."

I think that cat is more powerful.

"Bismarck?"

"Bismarck, like York, mastered the method of remote login after entering your mental world once. However, after logging in, Bismarck turned into a black cat with a boss template."

"A black cat bigger than a mountain peak?"

"Ah."

"The image is a bit subtle..." Xiaobai murmured softly.

"The image one has in the spiritual world is one's subconscious view of oneself, so Bismarck's view of himself is quite interesting."

"What was Bismarck's opinion...?"

"A cat that stands tall and upright."

"..."

"Should we go take a look anyway?" The Will of the Deep Sea turned its head and looked at Little White.

"What are you looking at?"

"Those internet-addicted girls on the grassland."

"...No, no. I can just watch TV here." Xiaobai smiled and handed the coffee cup back to Deep Sea Will. "I prefer watching other people play games to playing games myself."

"Oh."

"Speaking of which, how long have they been playing with the Deep Sea Will?"

"It's been two weeks, not counting Bismarck."

"She must have gained a lot of points in the past two weeks working day and night, right? What's her ranking now?"

"Hmm, if we keep playing like this for another two months, we should be able to break into the top 10,000."

"..." Xiaobai was speechless.

The journey to climb the ranks, which involves working day and night, seems to be a long way off.

That night, Xiaobai didn't feel like sleeping, so she stayed in the villa with Deep Sea Will. The two chatted occasionally, sometimes turned on the TV to watch how those internet-addicted girls were being brutally beaten by the world-class boss Bismarck, and then occasionally ate some snacks brought over by the maid Deep Sea Taihou.

Watching your own ship girls happily playing in your own mental world is actually quite a novel experience.

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The next morning, after the girls who had stayed up all night had gradually withdrawn from their mental world, Xiaobai, sitting in front of the television, looked at the lone figure of Baijiahei on the grassland. After pondering for a long time, she shook her head, greeted the will of the deep sea, and slowly withdrew from her mental world.

Waking up in the real world, Xiaobai threw off the covers, glanced at the two ship girls still fast asleep beside her, slowly got out of bed, dressed, and quietly pushed open the door and went out.

It was early, and there were no other ship girls in the yard. Only Bismarck was squatting by the sink, wiping her face with a white towel.

"Good morning, Bismarck." Little White walked up behind Bismarck.

"morning."

"How did Bismarck feel last night?" Xiaobai asked.

Bismarck looked at Little White with curiosity: "Sleeping well."

"Huh?" Little White was taken aback. "Is Bismarck sleeping?"

"Hmm, I had a strange dream." Bismarck stood up. "What do you want for breakfast?"

"……steamed stuffed bun."

Bismarck left the yard carrying the vegetable basket.

Little White silently watched Bismarck's departing figure, his expression somewhat strange.

Did Bismarck... mistake entering her own mental world for a dream?

That's truly Bismarck-esque behavior.

Thinking this through, Xiaobai felt somewhat relieved. Since Bismarck didn't mind, she could save herself the trouble of explaining to him.

After all, Bismarck is different from Tirpitz and Saratoga. If she knew about the existence of Bismarck's mental world, she probably wouldn't take it for granted that she would play role-playing games with Tirpitz and the others in that mental world.

As the sun rose and the morning chill subsided, the ship girls emerged one after another from their rooms, stretching their limbs and greeting Shiro, who was already waiting in the courtyard.

A door opened in front of Xiaobai, and four blue figures walked out of the room one after another.

"Cheer up, Fubuki-neechan! You can do it! Go Fubuki!" Shirayuki, who was walking at the front, bent over and clenched her two little fists to cheer Fubuki on.

Fubuki squinted, her face full of drowsiness, and staggered forward with the help of Miyuki and Hatsuyuki.

"Just...just ten more minutes of sleep..."

"Sleeping in is not a good habit. Fubuki-neechan will definitely grow up to be an excellent adult, so she needs to develop good self-discipline!"

"Oh...oh...then I'll be disciplined again in ten minutes..."

"No, you can't lie down like that! It won't be a matter of ten minutes!" Shirayuki kept encouraging Fubuki. "Fubuki-neechan is the Admiral's first married ship, she has to set a good example!"

Bai Xue, who was walking at the front, kept her eyes on Fubuki beside her. As she was talking, she suddenly bumped into a soft body.

Fortunately, Bai Xue's movements were always very light, and even if she bumped into someone, it was only like a gentle breeze, light and soft.

"Ah, I'm sorry... um?" Bai Xue quickly looked ahead, but before she could say anything apologetic, a finger gently pressed against her lips.

Xiao Bai smiled at Bai Xue and shook her head.

Bai Xue smiled and bowed to Xiao Bai.

"There's not much to do in the second chapter lately, so you don't really need to get up so early," Xiaobai whispered to Baixue.

“Ah… the Admiral is right.” Bai Xue nodded. “But my sister said that even children should develop the habit of waking up early, so she asked Bai Xue to wake everyone up in the morning.”

"So it was Fubuki who asked you to do this?" Shiro couldn't help but chuckle as she looked at Fubuki, whose head was drooping like a chick pecking at rice, standing next to Shiro.

—It was clearly the older sister's request, but the three younger sisters got up quite early, while only Fubuki, the eldest sister, stayed in bed. I have to say, Fubuki is quite interesting.

"Because the bed is too small, sometimes when we turn over, we kick the blankets off the bed. So after we fall asleep, my older sister often gets up in the middle of the night to cover the blankets back up for us, and she doesn't sleep very well." Bai Xue looked at Xiao Bai's expression and thought that Xiao Bai had some bad impression of Fubuki, so she quickly stood on tiptoe and explained to Xiao Bai in a low voice.

"Ah... I see. After all, there are four of you... Remember to tell me if the bed is too small."

"...My sister said we shouldn't cause trouble for the Admiral."

"……"noob.

—As expected, the older sisters are all pretty amazing ship girls.

Seeing Fubuki swaying unsteadily, Shiro couldn't help but laugh: "As for the bed, Shiro, you can go to Saratoga's room and move her bed over there later."

"Then Saratoga, isn't that..."

"It's okay, she's been sleeping with me these past few days, you can take whatever you want."

"Oh... thank you, Admiral." Bai Xue thanked Xiao Bai.

"This kind of thing isn't a bother. If you encounter it, just tell me. I'm the admiral, it's my duty."

"Thank you, Admiral!" Shirayuki and Hatsuyuki thanked her, their little faces turned up. "Well then, we'll take you to wash up first..."

"Ah, let's take it slow for now." Xiaobai raised her hand.

"Is there something you need, Admiral?"

Xiaobai walked up to the dazed Fubuki, reached out and put his arm around her soft waist, then pulled her into his embrace.

Fubuki instinctively reached out and wrapped her arms around Shiro's waist. She pressed herself into Shiro's embrace. A few seconds later, she started purring.

"You guys go move the bed now. Fubuki can sleep here for another ten minutes. I'll keep an eye on her," Shiro said with a smile, holding Fubuki.

As Yi Xian opened the door, the deep-sea supply ship came out and saw Xiao Bai sitting on the steps in front of the door, holding Chui Xue. Chui Xue's limbs were wrapped around Xiao Bai, and her little face was pressed against Xiao Bai's chest, looking like an octopus that had spotted its prey.

The deep-sea supply ship sighed with a complicated expression as it watched this scene of affection.

—The world is going to the dogs. They didn't enjoy themselves enough in their rooms, and now they're out in the sun indulging.

—So when will it be my turn?

The Sun Also Rises.

Under Shiro's watchful eye, Shiro and the others carried Saratoga's bed into their room. Ten minutes later, Shiro released Fubuki, who was still not well-rested. Fubuki, still half-asleep, was then pushed away by her sisters.

Xiaobai sat on the steps, looking at the yard full of ship girls.

Just then, footsteps sounded beside Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai turned her head and looked around.

York stood awkwardly beside Little White, her gaze wandering: "Good...good morning...ti,ti..."

"If you're not used to calling me Admiral, you can call me Xiaobai, that's what Saratoga and the others call me too," Xiaobai said.

"Ah... well, good morning. Admiral Xiaobai..."

"Good morning, York," Little White said to York with a smile.

Chapter 856 Admiral, you're so...

Today, York's clothes, though still clean thanks to the diligent cleaning staff, looked somewhat tattered, especially the fabric around his knees, elbows, and hips, which showed considerable wear and tear. In some places, the eye could even see through to the clothes underneath.

"By the way, York, what's with your outfit?"

"Uh... well, I sparred with Sister Yixian for a while yesterday, and then this happened." York looked down at his clothes and said somewhat embarrassedly.

After being thrown around by Yixian for several hours, even the sturdiest clothes would turn into this state.

"Spar with Yi Xian..." Xiao Bai understood.

"Yeah, Sister Yixian is amazing. I can't beat her at all." York scratched his head sheepishly.

Xiaobai smiled silently. She looked at York's somewhat tattered clothes, thought for a moment, reached out and touched herself, and then found the wallet that Missouri had put back in her pocket sometime ago.

I opened my wallet, and it was bulging with red banknotes.

Missouri doesn't seem to have spent a single penny from Xiaobai's wallet; in fact, she's put quite a bit into it. So much so that after paying the supply ship's wages just two days ago, her wallet, which had become noticeably thinner, is now happily overflowing again.

Xiao Bai didn't count the money, but simply reached out and pulled out a wad of bills, handing them to York: "This is for buying clothes."

"Huh?" York was taken aback. She saw the banknotes in Xiaobai's hand and instinctively raised her hand to refuse, but quickly paused, her expression hardening. In the end, she accepted the banknotes with a somewhat complicated expression, nodding softly in thanks, "Thank you..."

York was, after all, a ship girl of this naval base, and the money in Shiro's hand was money given to ship girls by the admiral, so York insisted on accepting it.

Furthermore, if York didn't accept the money from Xiaobai, it wouldn't be convenient for him to say anything further.

York held the banknotes in his hand, his expression somewhat complicated.

The banknotes are thick and feel quite nice to the touch.

This was more than York could save up in several months under normal circumstances. However, in this naval base, Xiaobai could easily spend far more than that on clothes for the ship girls.

How can it be repaired?

This world where the rich get richer and the poor get poorer is truly awful.

"This isn't salary, it's just a clothing allowance. Because York, your strength is quite special, your salary will be determined when we get back," Xiaobai said.

“Hmm…” York nodded, then seemed to have something to say but hesitated.

"Does York have something to say?"