Elder brother's garrison

"There's no shortage of ship girls in the newbie naval base," Xiaobai said.

"I see." Lexington walked thoughtfully to Xiaobai's side and placed the poured tea in front of Xiaobai.

"Thank you." Xiaobai picked up the teacup, blew on it gently to cool it, and took a small sip. "Why would Lexington think I'd be interested?"

“Because this ship girl is indeed quite special.” Lexington’s gaze was somewhat strange. She seemed quite surprised that Shiro didn’t want to salvage the ship.

"Well?"

"Little White, didn't you see the last part?" Lexington asked curiously.

"Hmm—" Xiaobai nodded.

"This ship girl is one of the world's top battleship ship girls, named Wisconsin, and she's also the younger sister of your marriage ship Missouri."

"puff"

Before Lexington could finish speaking, Little White sprayed out a rainbow.

written request for leave

My mother's friend brought over two bags of rice. No one else was home except me, so they called me over to help carry them. After carrying them back to the top floor, I felt dizzy and disoriented, and it took me half an hour of gasping for breath to barely stay alive… I've been lying in bed for two hours now, my arms are throbbing, my legs are weak, and I can barely hold my phone… Anyway, I'll just stay put for another day…

Chapter 927 Missouri pondered how to join the team.

Actually, when Xiaobai first learned that the urgent document on his desk was neither a disaster warning nor a deep-sea report, but simply a ship salvage activity that was not mandatory for him to participate in, he initially refused.

As the admiral of the world's number one naval base, Xiaobai can't just do whatever others ask him to do. So, Xiaobai needs to get to know the ship girls and build a relationship with them first.

The matter of salvaging a ship is really a matter of fate. Just look at Richelieu, who was forcibly taken to the garrison now. Forced relationships don't always work out.

Furthermore, the newbie naval base has long since moved beyond the development stage where it lacked ship girls for combat. The current newbie naval base doesn't have a strong need for new ship girls. As an admiral, Xiaobai doesn't need to worry about increasing the number of ship girls and expanding the ship pool all day long. So, the thing about farming ships is purely something that Xiaobai, as an admiral, does only when he and the target have hit it off and are mutually attracted.

—Perhaps.

Therefore, in conclusion, when Xiaobai first saw the urgent document, she was indeed not very interested in the ship girls in it.

Xiao Bai has been running around outside the naval base lately, with almost no time to rest. He only returned to the naval base yesterday at noon, but before he could even get into bed, he had to go on another business trip to salvage a government ship. He was really exhausted.

The most important thing for a person is to be happy.

Learn to be content with what you have.

It's not that Xiaobai has become arrogant and disdainful of ship girls. It's simply because Xiaobai is very satisfied with his current ship girls. He has two beautiful and capable "married" ships, Missouri and Veneto, and his life is already complete. So there's no need for him to go so far to compete with a bunch of other admirals.

As the admiral, I should spend more time with the ship girls.

The most important thing between ship girls and admirals is affection and bond.

Xiaobai held the teacup Lexington had handed her, lost in thought. She suddenly felt her intellectual level rise dramatically with this decision, comparable to a tree that had become a saint under the company's training, its head shining with enlightenment.

"But this ship girl is Missouri's sister ship."

"puff----"

Xiao Bai, who had no desires or wants, hadn't even taken a sip of tea when Lexington casually remarked that he broke down.

The warm tea sprayed into the air, transforming into a hazy rainbow under the sunlight.

"Missouri's sister!?"

Shocked, Xiaobai wiped his mouth while staring at Lexington beside him with wide eyes.

Upon learning that this ship girl was Missouri's sister, a spark of excitement instantly ignited in Shiro's eyes.

—It's my sister-in-law!

As it turns out, a girl of Xiaobai's age is indeed still far from becoming a highly accomplished master.

"Ah."

This time, Xiaobai's reaction was exactly what Lexington had expected. Seeing that Xiaobai had become interested as she had anticipated, Lexington smiled reassuringly at Xiaobai, leaned down, and pointed to the last few lines of text in the document, "Xiaobai, look here."

The ship girl's name was clearly written where Lexington's fingertip was pointing.

—Iowa-class destroyer No. 4, Wisconsin

"Xiaobai, didn't you notice this when you were looking just now?"

"Uh... I put it down after reading half of it..." Xiaobai smiled sheepishly at Lexington: "The Iowa-class ship girls are all very powerful, right... Missouri is the third ship, I think."

“Yes, the Iowa-class battleships are top-tier large ships in the American fleet. Missouri is very powerful, right? She's Wisconsin's sister ship, so Wisconsin could very well have the same level of capabilities as Missouri,” Lexington said.

“…Sister.”

Xiao Bai picked up the document on the table and stared at the ship name at the bottom of the document, thinking about it repeatedly.

Although the current Missouri is the only ship girl to be born with the name Missouri in the five hundred years since the end of human history, she can be described as a ship that has never been seen before and will never be seen again.

However, over the past five hundred years, there have been some known construction records of the other sister ships of the Iowa class, but none of them have attracted worldwide attention like the Missouri after their birth.

After all, Missouri is a rather special ship girl, so it's normal that she'd be more handy.

The Missouri is a ship that decides the outcome of world wars. The surrender treaty that once influenced all of humanity in a world-class war was signed on the hull of the Missouri.

Because of this background setting, the USS Missouri battleship almost became synonymous with "victory." Compared to its combat power, the symbolic significance of the Missouri was more important to humanity.

That's why when Missouri joined the newbie naval base recently, all the admirals around the world who knew about Missouri were so excited that the commotion even reached human society, prompting a television station to film a special interview with Missouri and Xiaobai under the instruction of its superiors.

If possible, Xiaobai really wants to meet Missouri's sister.

Missouri has no other ships of the same class in the naval base, and compared to the other ship girls who have groups of sisters, she always seems a bit lonely... I think she probably wants a little sister too, right?

For a family, the most important thing is to be together. If Missouri wants a younger sister, shouldn't Little White, as her admiral, bring Missouri a sister?

Missouri is a top-tier ship girl, both in combat and daily use. She's equally adept at formal occasions and domestic tasks, and she's been a great help to Xiaobai in many ways while she's with her. For that alone, Xiaobai is more than capable of repaying her.

The reason given for salvaging the ship is simply impeccable.

and……

If Missouri's sister really has similar ability stats to Missouri... wouldn't Little White have double the happiness?

Just thinking about it is exciting!

Xiao Bai put down the document with a sense of satisfaction.

"Lexington, should we call Missouri over?"

Missouri?

"Well, since this ship girl is Missouri's sister, we should ask her for her opinion."

“That makes sense.” Lexington smiled and nodded, then took out his phone. “I’ll call Missouri.”

"Hey? Lexington, do you have Missouri's phone number?"

Xiao Bai stared in surprise at Lexington's phone.

"Well, Missouri sometimes helps me with some documents, so we got in touch over time."

"...I don't even have it..."

Xiao Bai suddenly felt a little empty inside.

"Pfft."

Lexington looked at Xiaobai, who was staring longingly at his phone with a wronged expression, and suddenly laughed.

Missouri has been Xiaobai's wedding ship for so long, and Xiaobai still hasn't realized that she hasn't gotten Missouri's contact information. Doesn't that prove that Missouri always appears by Xiaobai's side whenever she needs her?

Xiao Bai is sometimes incredibly slow-witted.

With a somewhat helpless smile, Lexington made a phone call to Missouri.

A few minutes later, a series of rain-like footsteps sounded outside the office door.

"Admiral? Are you looking for Missouri?"

With a whoosh, Missouri pushed open the office door.

"Missouri, come look at this!"

Upon seeing Missouri enter, Xiaobai quickly waved to her.

Missouri exchanged a glance with Lexington on the other side, greeted him, and then curiously walked over to Xiaobai's desk.

Missouri accepted the urgent documents handed to her by Xiaobai.

"Admiral, what is this?"

"There's a place that asked our garrison to go and salvage the boat."

"...I see. It's a martial arts contest to choose a husband."

Missouri looked at Xiaobai with a smile, her face showing a doting smile that showed she really couldn't do anything about the admiral. "This is the first time the admiral has discussed salvaging the ship with Missouri."

“Missouri, take a look at this first,” Xiaobai said.

“Missouri understands.” Missouri picked up the urgent document in his hand, quickly glancing through it as he spoke, “—However, the Admiral has never consulted Missouri before when salvaging ships, so why was he specifically called in this time…”

Missouri's fluent voice suddenly paused at this point.

Clearly, Missouri had seen the word "Wisconsin" in the document, which mentioned the ship girl's name.

After that, Missouri remained quiet and silently looked at the documents in her hands until she finished reading the urgent documents, and only then did she take her eyes off the documents.

"...I see. Missouri understands now. I didn't expect it to be Wisconsin."

Missouri smiled inexplicably, muttered something under her breath, and placed the urgent document back into Xiaobai's hands.

"Is Missouri, Wisconsin your sister?"

“According to the ship name, Wisconsin is indeed Missouri’s sister,” Missouri said.

"Missouri, do you want a little sister now?" Little White asked with great interest.

"Missouri is very content with her life now."

"I knew it! Then we'll help Missouri... Eh?" After Missouri finished replying, Xiaobai, who had already prepared her next sentence in her mind, raised her hands to speak, but reacted a beat too late.

—What did Missouri just say?

Xiaobai stared at Missouri, who was standing quietly in front of her, for a long while: "Missouri...don't you want a little sister?"

"..." Missouri pondered for a moment, then gave Xiaobai a wry smile with a somewhat incomprehensible expression. "My sister... is perhaps still a bit far away for Missouri."

Xiao Bai lowered her hands.

Missouri... she really doesn't want a younger sister?

Xiaobai had thought of everything, but she never expected that Missouri didn't want her sister...

—This is illogical! Are there really ship girls in this world who can resist the temptation of their own younger sister?

Even Bismarck, the self-proclaimed number one villain in the rookie naval base and a ruthless and iron-blooded true man, would cook and do laundry for Tirpitz every day, buying her games, receiving packages, and cleaning her room without asking for anything in return. Even when he discovered that she had been drawn as the heroine of a terrible doujinshi and posted online, Bismarck didn't complain at all.

Every day after getting up early, Veneto would call Rome to the training ground for special training until sunset, and then return to help the slacking empire look after the shops.

Even though Saratoga disobeyed him and secretly slipped out of the naval base to find him several times, causing Lexington countless troubles, Lexington never truly got angry. Even when Deep Sea Yamato was almost killed by Deep Sea Musashi's cannon when he first met his sister, he didn't hold any resentment afterward.

Look at how these sisters get along...

Ok?

Wait a minute.

Xiao Bai suddenly frowned.

Why do I suddenly feel like... these older sister ship girls are having such a hard time...?

Xiao Bai raised his head and met Missouri's indescribable expression.

Speaking of which... Missouri seems to always be around me. When I'm not at the naval base, she stays at home and doesn't go out much... So for Missouri, the few friends she's close to are actually the ship girls and Abyssal Fleet that I often see around her.

For example, Bismarck, Lexington, Veneto, Yamato, and so on.

Suddenly, Xiaobai understood.

These are all sisters who have suffered so much...

For example, Bismarck and Veneto acted as both older sisters and mothers throughout the day. They not only had to take care of their younger sisters, who had virtually no housework skills, by feeding and dressing them, but also had to sacrifice their own precious rest time for their sisters' hobbies.

Lexington was even more so; whenever Saratoga eloped to find Whitebeard, Lexington would quietly change the naval base's schedule to clean up Saratoga's absences.

Deep Sea Yamato is the worst off; she's been eating Deep Sea Musashi so much lately that she's almost unable to afford to buy game time cards anymore.

Who knows, Missouri, who sees and remembers all this, might misunderstand the existence of her sister after watching these ship girls work tirelessly day and night for her...