Elder brother's garrison

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"Admiral, all done washing!" As a basin of warm water was poured over Xiaobai, Dafeng's soft voice rang out from behind him.

"Thank you, Taifeng... Then I'll serve you next..."

"Ah, it's alright for me. I was lucky just now, I happened to be standing at the door, so I wasn't dusty. I just needed a quick rinse." Taihou stopped humming her song and replied to Shiro.

"...Uh...oh." Xiaobai smiled awkwardly, "...I'm so lucky..."

Tai-feng's views on luck and misfortune must be completely different from those of normal people.

Taihou might be the first ship girl in the world whose wall was blown through by a neighbor's cannon and she can still claim to be lucky... when having a wall blown through is definitely an extremely unlucky thing...

"Admiral?"

"Ok?"

"Was the Admiral just thinking that Taihou is actually quite unlucky?"

"Uh... um..." Xiaobai nodded.

"Daifeng truly feels very lucky." Dafeng smiled at Xiaobai, but didn't continue. Instead, she took Xiaobai's hand and walked out of the bathroom to the changing room.

After arriving at the changing room, Da Feng knelt on the ground, holding a bath towel, and carefully wiped the water droplets off Xiao Bai's body.

"...Um, Taihou, I'll do this myself..."

"Ah..." Taihou looked pitiful. "Is...is that so..."

"...You should do it." Xiaobai was defeated by Dafeng's pitiful expression.

"Hmm!" Taihou placed the bath towel on Shiro's arm and gave him a slight smile. "Thank you, Admiral."

"..."

"Hehehe..." Taihou couldn't help but laugh happily as she dried Shiro with a towel. "Does the Admiral think Taihou is like a maid?"

Xiao Bai gave an awkward laugh: "Mm."

"I'm so sorry... Taihou was just too happy, so she couldn't help but try to do as much as possible for the Admiral."

"Huh? Kaixin lives with us?"

"Ah."

"...I've been wanting to ask you this before... why are you so happy, Taihou?" Shiro asked, somewhat puzzled. "Logically speaking, we should be the ones disturbing your life... even if you're not angry, you shouldn't be this happy, right?"

“No, Admiral. Taihou is really happy.” Taihou paused slightly in her hand holding the bath towel. “Ah… although at first, when Bismarck destroyed the wall, Taihou was indeed very scared and sad… but later, when the Admiral said that the wall was destroyed so that Taihou could live with you, Taihou wasn’t sad at all.”

"?" Xiaobai looked at Dafeng curiously.

Da Feng smiled quietly, took back the bath towel, and lowered her head.

Da Feng slowly spoke a long passage.

"Actually... because Taihou has really bad luck, even though the sisters at the naval base don't dislike her, they rarely visit her house—ah, Taihou knows this, it's because of her own problem, because she's very timid and never dares to form deep friendships, so it's normal that she doesn't have any close friends visiting her house..."

"However... it is indeed very lonely to live alone like this... So, whenever someone comes to visit Taifeng for some reason after that, Taifeng is very happy."

"When Taifeng was hit on the forehead by a Ferris wheel last time, Fubuki and Nagaharu came to visit her, and Taifeng was very happy."

"...So, when the Admiral just said he wanted to live with Taihou, even though Taihou's house was destroyed like that, Taihou didn't think it was a problem at all."

"...Because, Admiral, you see..."

"Even with such bad luck as Taihou, the Admiral is willing to accept her... What could possibly make Taihou unhappy?"

"...Admiral."

"You're the first person in Da Feng's life to say they want to live with her... a friend..."

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After saying this, Da Feng reached out and scratched her cheek, a faint blush rising to her face, making her complexion rosy.

"Ah... Admiral, I'm sorry... Taihou didn't mean to say so much..." After an awkward laugh, Taihou quickly shook her head at Shiro, then stretched out a towel and quickly dried Shiro's body. "Um... Admiral, please pretend Taihou didn't say anything... okay..."

"What does it matter? What Da Feng said just now really touched me." Xiao Bai smiled at Da Feng.

"Those were just Taihou's complaints... It's best if the Admiral doesn't take them to heart..."

"Okay, sure," Xiaobai replied, then extended her hand to Dafeng.

"Hmm? What's going on, Admiral?"

"It's my turn to wipe Dafeng's body."

"Huh? Huh—ah—Taihou can do this herself—"

"We'll be roommates from now on, so isn't it normal for us to wipe each other's bodies?" Xiaobai said to Dafeng with a smile. "Oh, or does Dafeng actually not want to be friends with me?"

Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, Dafeng quickly shook her head.

"No, no, Taihou never had that thought, but... Taihou's body is a bit special; it absorbs water very easily, so it's not easy to dry her body..."

Da Feng lowered her head, clutching the bath towel in her hands, and spoke softly.

"what?"

Xiao Bai opened her eyes and looked at Da Feng's body a few times.

Taifeng has a girlish figure; her body curves are graceful but not particularly outstanding, and she usually looks rather ordinary. However, when she takes off her clothes, one can easily feel a girlish charm that lies between innocence and maturity emanating from her body.

Da Feng's skin was very smooth, white and moist like a baby's. On her shoulders, elbows, knees, and fingertips, you could easily see the ruby-like color under her soft skin, as if streams of blood were rushing through her veins, flowing powerfully under her thin skin, making her look very healthy.

This is the body of a perfectly formed young girl!

Xiaobai looked at Taifeng strangely: "Absorbing water... Taifeng, you're not a sponge, how can you absorb water?"

"Ah... well... because Taihou has never asked anyone to clean her body before... she has no experience with this... so..."

"Oh, that's alright. There's always a first time. Before I became an admiral, I never let anyone other than my mother wipe my body. Everyone has to have a first time in life."

"That's not the reason..." Taihou covered her mouth, muttering softly, her face flushed red as if it could bleed, "...Taihou...when she gets too shy...she will..."

"Yes?"

"...I...I can't hold it in..." Da Feng's voice trembled slightly with shame.

As Dafeng spoke, she kept her legs tightly closed, as if she were trying to preserve the last vestiges of a young girl's purity. After saying this, she lowered her head, her hands trembling slightly as she pressed them between her legs, and then fell silent.

"..." Xiaobai stared blankly at Dafeng's lower body.

oops?

Oh dear?

Taifeng just said that her body is not easy to dry...

Does that mean that if she's too nervous, she can't help but want to urinate?

Only then did Xiaobai realize what was going on.

—Absolutely amazing.

What a strange play!

Xiao Bai stared quietly at Da Feng, who remained silent, looking at the area between her legs covered by her hands, and suddenly felt a mix of amusement and exasperation.

—Xiaobai has also carefully studied the historical information about the Taiho warship, because she was a neighbor.

The Taiho-class armored aircraft carrier is considered one of the more famous ships in human history.

However, unlike companies that become famous through outstanding achievements, Taiho's way of becoming famous is rather unique.

She became famous for the way she sank her ship.

This is the situation.

The Taiho, a ship in human history, was on a normal mission on the day it sank. The mission itself shouldn't have been too dangerous, but unfortunately, after leaving port, it was spotted and attacked by an enemy submarine that was lurking beneath the surface. Forced to its doom, it was hit by a massive torpedo.

Although submarine torpedoes are extremely powerful, the Taiho was considered to be well-equipped for its time. Thanks to its thick armor, the Taiho did not suffer much damage after being hit by that torpedo.

However, sometimes, when a ship is unlucky enough to have a really bad run of luck, even drinking cold water can cause problems.

Just after surviving what seemed like a minor torpedo hit, a fuel pipeline inside the Taiho ship, which was already safe, was unfortunately damaged, causing a large amount of fuel to leak. This resulted in excessive concentrations of fuel gas, which unfortunately detonated the ammunition magazine, ultimately leading to the sinking of the ship.

It was precisely because of this unusual way of sinking the ship that the Taiho received the rather vulgar nickname "Leaky Phoenix" in some public interviews.

—As is well known, the elements that make up ship girls originate from human history. Often, descriptions of ships in human history have influenced the personalities and characteristics of ship girls as humanoid figures, such as Tirpitz, Bismarck, Lexington, Hood, and so on.

Thinking this, Xiaobai, with a half-understanding expression, continued to stare seriously at Dafeng's lower body.

I didn't realize that Dafeng was such a sensitive girl.

It must have been tough on Taifeng.

Xiaobai said he understood.

This constitution is really not Da Feng's fault. Da Feng is not at fault; she is a very good child.

If we have to blame someone, then blame history.

Xiao Bai thought to himself, "..."

"Admiral..." Just as Xiaobai felt sorry for Taihou in his heart, Taihou on the ground finally let out a faint call like a mosquito's buzz.

"Hmm, what's wrong with Taihou?"

"Admiral... um, um... please, please don't... keep looking here... I'm, I'm about to come out..."

Da Feng trembled, clutching her legs and lowering her head. Her voice, barely audible, carried a hint of shameful sobs.

"Uh? Ah! Ahhh! I'm so sorry!" Xiaobai realized that her gaze seemed to be looking at a rather inappropriate part of her body. She quickly raised her head and waved her hands at Dafeng. "I'm sorry... I was thinking about something just now... so I forgot about your condition, Dafeng... Well, since it's inconvenient for you, Dafeng, you can wipe it yourself!"

"Yes, I'm sorry... This time, this time it was just too, too embarrassing... Next time I'll be mentally prepared... Taihou will let the Admiral observe this place carefully again..."

"So there's no need to persist in such a strange place!" Even Xiaobai, who had initially thought it was nothing, started to feel inexplicably shy after hearing Dafeng's voice.

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Finally, Xiaobai and Dafeng managed to calm the two down. After explaining the misunderstanding to Dafeng, the two returned to the intimate state they had before entering the changing room.

Later, while looking for clothes in the changing room, Xiaobai found a bamboo basket containing her clothes on the table. Inside the basket was a note that read "Missouri was here," suggesting that Missouri had probably delivered the clothes after Xiaobai took a bath.

After making the usual exclamation about Missouri's efficiency, Xiaobai got dressed and left the bathroom with Dafeng.

As soon as Xiaobai stepped out of the bathroom, she heard a series of clanging sounds coming from the wall next to her.

Xiao Bai and Da Feng curiously approached the large hole. They saw that the wall, which originally had only one large hole, had now been mostly demolished. Washington, whom they hadn't seen in a long time, was holding a few iron nails and a small, dark hammer. He was standing on a stool, looking quite professional as he kept hammering and banging on the wall.

"Washington...?"

"Hmm?" Washington looked down and saw Little White. She was biting an iron nail and waved the hammer in her hand at Little White. "Yo, long time no see, Admiral Ha. Are you coming over?"

"Uh... Washington, how did you get here...?"

“I was asked to come and do some work.” Washington shrugged. “Honestly, I don’t object to you breaking through the walls and connecting your houses a bit, Admiral, but you could at least be careful about the load-bearing walls.”

"Load-bearing wall..."

"Admiral." Just then, Missouri stood up from the living room behind Washington and waved to Xiaobai. "Senior Washington was called by Missouri to help tidy up the walls. Admiral, your standing there might disturb Senior Washington's work."

"Oh, oh, oh!" Xiaobai nodded quickly, and together with Dafeng, they stepped over Hude's wall and arrived at Missouri's side.

A table was set up in Hu De's living room, and surprisingly, quite a few people were sitting around it.

"Hi, Admiral~" Rodney waved to Whitey while holding Bismarck's black cat.

Nelson was quietly sipping his tea, giving a slight nod to Xiaobai.

North Carolina also stood up from the table, reached out to Xiaobai, walked over, and slowly hugged Xiaobai's waist.

Xiao Bai instinctively hugged North Carolina, then looked at Rodney and Nelson with some surprise.

"Ah, Rodney Nelson...you're here too?"

"Yeah, that cannonball was really loud just now. My sister and I were taking a walk downstairs and were a little worried, so we came up to check. We never expected that Bismarck-senpai had blown through the wall of Taihou's house." Rodney said to Shiro while holding the black cat and stroking Oscar's fur.

“Ah… I see.”

Xiao Bai raised his head and looked at the open door of the Bismarck family's house in the distance, feeling a lot of emotions.

The clanging sound rang out again.

Bismarck sat quietly at the table, looking up at Washington, who was holding a hammer, with a hint of unease.

"Let me make this clear, I don't need your help. I'm afraid you'll just fire another shot and blow up the house next door to Taifeng." Washington stopped what he was doing and ruthlessly rejected Bismarck.