Elder brother's garrison

"……Oh."

"Here, this is her photo. Don't lose it," Mu Yu said, pointing to the neatly folded white paper she handed to Xiao Bai.

"...Um, speaking of which, why do you think I'll meet that senior?" Xiaobai took the piece of white paper that Mu Yu handed over.

"Because you've never let me down in this kind of thing, Little White Sister."

"...In short, we'll accept it for now." Xiaobai nodded. "Speaking of which, has Mu Yu's lost military knife been found?"

"?" Standing on the other side, Ringo seemed to have heard some key words, and tilted her head with clear eyes.

"Waaaaah, Little White, what nonsense are you talking about? What military knife! I don't understand!" Mu Yu was so frightened when he saw Little White mention military knives right in front of Lin Qing that he immediately shouted.

"Huh? But weren't you..."

"No, no, no! There's no such thing as the Heaven Sword or the Dragon Saber!"

“Uh…” Xiaobai was stunned.

"Ahem, anyway, now that I've delivered my message, it's time for us to get going. Good luck with tomorrow's event, little white girl!" Mu Yu hurriedly ran behind the curious Ringo, pushed Ringo's shoulder, and ran towards the roadside without even looking back, disappearing from Little White's sight.

Xiao Bai held the "senior's photo" that Mu Yu had handed him, staring blankly as Mu Yu and Lin Qing disappeared at the end of the road.

Xiao Bai turned her head and looked at the entrance of the courtyard house not far away.

"...We've already come all this way...and there are so many people here, yet not a single one of them has been able to come in and sit down..."

"What a weirdo..."

"They even took Ringo-neechan with them."

Somewhat disappointed, Xiaobai casually put the photo Mu Yu had given him into his pocket, and then walked into the courtyard alone.

"Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap clap"

Amidst the sound of popping bubble wrap, Xiaobai returned to the courtyard house.

In the very center of the courtyard, Bai Ying, engrossed in relieving stress, sat on a high rock, head down, swinging her legs.

It seems.

The decompression tool is quite useful.

Xiao Bai stared at Bai Ying's two little legs dangling in mid-air, thinking to himself.

Suddenly, as if sensing Xiao Bai's presence, Bai Ying, who was swinging her legs, stopped moving. She slowly raised her head, and her quiet eyes looked straight at Xiao Bai.

"Bai Ying, I'm back." Xiao Bai waved to Bai Ying.

"Mmm," Bai Ying responded softly, then lowered her head and continued to immerse herself in the endless plastic bubbles.

After saying goodbye to Bai Ying, Xiao Bai returned to her room.

Back in his room, Xiaobai slowly began to think.

Although I experienced all sorts of things today, the most memorable thing for me is still that 100% perfect deep-sea construction machine in the dark waters.

"Um……"

Xiao Bai pondered for a moment, then plopped down on the bed.

Right now, for Xiaobai, figuring out a way to get that thing under the protection of countless deep-sea deans is the top priority.

"If I were to defeat so many Deep Sea Deans by myself... it would be a bit of a problem..."

"Hmm... At least a few strong teams of ship girls of Bismarck's caliber would be needed to fight in that environment... In that case, clearing out that sea area seems to be just a matter of time... It would also be a good opportunity to collect the Dean's Metal. There are so many Abyssal Deans there, the efficiency would be at least several hundred times faster than outside?"

"Hmm... But then again, only I can open the door to that place... I can't go with them every time, can I? It would be easy to be exposed if I did it too often."

"Open the door... How do I open the door..."

Xiao Bai pondered in distress, shaking his head repeatedly.

“…Ah.” Suddenly, Xiaobai had a brilliant idea.

"Speak of it."

"How did Blaine get into that area of ​​the sea?"

Chapter 1062 The Second Key

The entrance to the dark waters is something that is neither visible nor tangible to most people, including ship girls.

For most passing ship girls, the entrance to the dark waters is more like something that doesn't exist. Even if a ship girl accidentally bumps into it while strolling on the sea, her body will simply pass through the crack without triggering any mechanism, thus entering the dark waters.

As for Xiaobai, the main reason why Xiaobai can not only see the entrance to the dark sea, but also freely enter and exit that dark water area is basically due to the deep sea will in his spiritual world.

With the powerful search capabilities naturally possessed by the Deep Sea Will on the sea surface, Xiaobai can easily find the entrance to the hidden dark waters, wandering in and out seven times as if it were his own backyard.

Of course, simply finding the entrance to the Dark Waters is useless. As mentioned earlier, even if a regular ship girl finds the entrance to the Dark Waters, she won't be able to enter the Dark Waters itself.

To get in, you need at least a key.

As for the key to open the entrance to the dark waters, it is the very essence of the will of the deep sea.

Regarding why a spiritual force imbued with the will of the deep sea can open the entrance to the Dark Waters, Xiaobai secretly pondered and speculated about this several times after leaving the Dark Waters for the first time in Chapter Two.

Xiao Bai's own guess was probably related to the white and black creatures she had subdued in the dark waters.

After all, setting aside the world-shaking difference in combat power between Deep Sea Will and White Plus Black, their states on the sea surface are actually quite similar.

Bai Jiahei is, after all, a creature from that body of water, and strictly speaking, that is indeed her home. From this perspective, it doesn't seem too strange that a deep-sea will similar to Bai Jiahei also has the ability to enter and exit that body of water.

However, when Xiaobai told the Deep Sea Will about her idea, although the Deep Sea Will did not show any expression on its face, Xiaobai could feel that the Deep Sea Will was particularly angry, so they did not continue the conversation.

Let's get back to the main topic.

Now that Xiaobai wants her ship girls to enter that sea area, she must personally guide them and help them open the gate to that sea area at the entrance.

It doesn't sound like a difficult task, but with so many admirals around the sixth chapter's sea area, if Xiaobai wants to guide his ship girl, he has to go to sea with her, which would make him quite easy to be noticed by other admirals.

The fact that humans possess the power of ship girls is not something that can be exposed. If Xiaobai goes to the sea every day to open doors for the ship girls, he's bound to get his shoes wet eventually. He might be discovered by other admirals one day.

Then, just as Xiaobai was thinking about how to avoid the crowd's gaze and run to the sea to open the door for the ship girl, Xiaobai suddenly remembered something.

—When the Deep Sea Dean's anomaly was first discovered, didn't Blaine and the others, as eyewitnesses, go inside once? This time, no one opened the door for them.

In other words, Blaine and her group triggered the conditions for entering the sea area on their own.

So what conditions did they meet?

Upon realizing this, Xiaobai seemed to have found a key point, and quickly closed her eyes to recall it carefully.

Xiao Bai recalled the expressions and demeanor of Blaine and Admiral Ruan Li when they spoke to her that day, and felt that they didn't seem to be hiding anything from her.

"Hmm... I guess I should go ask the Will of the Deep Sea..."

The feeling of almost getting the answer lingered in Xiao Bai's mind. Thinking of this, Xiao Bai didn't hesitate. He picked up his pillow, lay down on the bed, and closed his eyes.

I'm going to sleep.

Lying on the soft mattress, Xiaobai gradually relaxed and returned to her mental world.

In the spiritual world, Deep Sea Will sat on the sofa in the living room as usual, playing with a small toy in his hand like an idle NPC. Behind the sofa, the maid-type Deep Sea Taihou lowered her eyes and gently massaged Deep Sea Will's shoulders.

"Deep Sea Will, I'm back," Xiaobai greeted the Deep Sea Will.

"Hmm," the Deep Sea Will replied softly, fiddling with the small toy in its hand.

Xiaobai stood there watching the Deep Sea Will fiddle with the little toy in its hands with its head down. After thinking for a while, she gently scratched her cheek, and then silently sat down on the sofa next to her.

As soon as Xiaobai sat down on the sofa, another ornamental deep-sea phoenix came over from the other side of the sofa, like a kitten, and climbed onto Xiaobai's thigh. Its soft body pressed against Xiaobai's body, and its face had a faint fragrance as it nuzzled towards Xiaobai.

"Little Red, be good." Little White stretched out its index finger and gently scratched the snow-white chin of the ornamental deep-sea Taihou. The ornamental deep-sea Taihou narrowed its eyes, breathed out a few warm breaths from its nose, and used a softer force to press its body against Little White before lying directly in Little White's arms.

It seems that the deep-sea giant is quite enjoying Shiro's actions.

"Little Red really likes to act cute," Little White said with a smile to the Deep Sea Taihou lying on her lap.

The ornamental deep-sea phoenix squinted its eyes, cooperating quite well under Xiaobai's palm.

Deep Sea Will, who was sitting on the sofa playing with her toys, paused. She looked up and glanced at Shiro, who was getting along very well with Deep Sea Taihou on the other side.

"Did you come here just to masturbate her?"

"Huh? No... Deep Sea Will, really, you know perfectly well." Little White answered Deep Sea Will with a smile, while gently stroking Deep Sea Taihou's neck. "You have all my memories."

"Then why didn't you say anything after you came in?"

"I finally get to see the Deep Sea Will playing with its toys, how could I possibly interrupt?"

"..." The will of the deep sea silently looked at Xiaobai. She lowered her head and glanced at the smart lock in her hand. With a flick of her wrist, she threw the smart lock behind her.

Deep Sea Will's maid, Deep Sea Taihou, quickly raised her hands and caught the Wisdom Lock that Deep Sea Will threw to her.

“It’s over.” Deep Sea Will said to Little White on the other side of the sofa, propping his chin up with his hand.

Upon hearing this, Xiaobai withdrew her hand from the Deep Sea Daihou. As Xiaobai withdrew her hand, the ornamental Deep Sea Daihou, which had been leaning against Xiaobai, finally collapsed onto the sofa, feeling completely limp.

"It seems quite unusual for the Deep Sea Will to play with these kinds of educational toys," Xiaobai said to the Deep Sea Will.

“I’ve basically completed all the video games you’ve played on video streaming platforms.” Deep Sea Will said to Xiaobai without any emotion, “You haven’t watched many games to begin with, and the storylines are monotonous. You’ve already gotten tired of them after playing them a dozen times. As for fighting games, it’s not interesting to keep playing with Xiaohong and the others.”

"Uh, are Xiaohong and the others very weak?"

"They all have expressionless faces. Even if they suffer a crushing defeat, they won't have any strong negative emotions. There's really no sense of accomplishment in beating them."

"Uh... well, I'll go back to Tirpitz more often... and look for new games..." Xiaobai said awkwardly to the Will of the Deep Sea.

Deep Sea Will glanced noncommittally in other directions in the living room: "Let's get down to business. You still have to pick up the ship girls tonight."

"Oh, right!" Reminded by the Will of the Deep Sea, Xiao Bai quickly stood up from the sofa and ran over to the Will of the Deep Sea. "Will of the Deep Sea, do you have any clues about why Blaine and the others can enter that area of ​​the sea?"

The Will of the Deep Sea glanced at Little White: "What do you think?"

What do I think?

"Do you think their ability to enter that sea area was simply a coincidence, or was there some other reason?" the Will of the Deep Sea asked.

"What does 'reason' mean?" Xiaobai asked, puzzled.

The Will of the Deep Sea didn't speak, but simply pointed at Little White.

"Me?" Xiaobai was taken aback, then pointed to himself following the finger of the Deep Sea Will.

“Hmm,” said the Deep Sea Will. “Why was it that only that ship girl was able to enter that sea area, and not the others? If we consider this, then what is the difference between that ship girl named Blaine under the admiral’s command and the other ship girls?”

"Different... Could it be that Blaine once went to that city in Wisconsin and met with us?" Xiaobai asked tentatively.

The will of the deep sea nodded slightly.

"...Ah..." The words of the Deep Sea Will made things a little clearer for Xiaobai. She thought about it carefully for a while, "Ah...so there really is a way to give ship girls the ability to enter that area of ​​water?"

“However, I have no way to safely transfer my spiritual power, which carries my aura, to other ship girls,” the Deep Sea Will said. “After all, as I told you before, anything carrying my aura is a potent poison to ordinary deep-sea ships, and it’s probably the same for ship girls. So at least we can be sure that the ship girl didn’t enter the sea area using spiritual power.”

"Then it has nothing to do with me?" Xiaobai asked in confusion.

The Will of the Deep Sea sighed.

"Perhaps you are not the only one in the world who has discovered the entrance and can freely enter and exit that sea."

"Huh? Is there a third person like Deep Sea Will and Bai Jia Hei in this state?"

"..." The gaze of the Deep Sea Will deepened.

Little White quickly looked to the other side and started whistling, but it was impossible to make a sound.

The will of the deep sea stared at Little White silently for a long time before finally looking away.

"Don't forget, there was more than one person, Bai Jiahei, in that sea area."

"Who else?"

"Aren't those mass-produced, weakened deep-sea deans all examples of this?"

"Oh...? Oh... If we follow the 'white plus black' template, then those Deep Sea Deans do seem to be natives of the sea. But they don't seem to know how to open the entrance to the sea."

"Because it's a mass-produced product, there are no human rights issues."

"...Is it okay if it's not mass-produced?"

"maybe."

“But…that’s not a mass-produced model, we’ve never seen one before. Look at that super construction machine, it…” Xiaobai paused mid-sentence, blinked, and stood there stunned for a moment, “…Ah.”

Similar to the relationship between the Deep Sea Will and White Plus Black, those who are qualified to open the gates to the Dark Waters are not all residents of the waters.

Like the will of the deep sea, she herself had never been to those dark waters.