Elder brother's garrison

Hu De took a deep breath, his hands clenched into claws in mid-air, then into fists, and finally fell helplessly to his sides, his head drooping.

"Oh... I'll be more careful next time," Hood muttered softly.

"Okay." Bismarck then withdrew his index finger.

"...So clueless..." Hood muttered listlessly, head down, sounding quite resentful. "Why does he like to meddle with me so much... Humph..."

“Because you are more suited to be a good elder than I am,” Bismarck said.

"Oh," Hood replied curtly.

Subsequently.

The atmosphere was quiet for a few seconds.

Hood and Bismarck walked side by side.

……

"Eh?"

Finally, Hud, whose mind had finally caught up, suddenly froze.

Hood looked up, somewhat caught off guard, and stared at Bismarck beside him in disbelief at Bismarck's face.

"Bismarck, what did you just say?"

"Hmm?" Bismarck looked at Hood expressionlessly.

"What did you say?"

"?"

"Say it again."

"As elders, we should set a good example in front of Xiaobai."

"Not that one! The other one! I want to hear the other one, the one that someone like you would never say!"

"...historically, the Hood was sunk by Bismarck."

"Okay, I get it. You ship-man really want to fight me." Hood angrily rolled up his sleeves right in front of Whitey. "Draw your sword! Today it's either you or me!"

"Ahhh, Hood, don't be angry..." Hearing this, the little white girl at the front felt that she couldn't watch the show any longer, so she quickly reached out and, with a smile, rolled up Hood's sleeve. "Bismarck isn't the kind of ship girl who wants to fight..."

"Ah, I know! I know! But the more I think about it, the angrier I get!" Hood's face was flushed red after Xiaobai pressed his arm down, filled with an indescribable mix of shyness and anger. Hood shook his head and kept muttering, "The more I think about it, the angrier I get! The more I think about it, the angrier I get! The more I think about it, the angrier I get!"

Seeing Hu De's expression, Xiao Bai also laughed awkwardly.

"Speaking of which, I've told you everything on my end. How did you handle things at the naval base?" Xiaobai changed the subject and asked Hu De.

"The naval base?" Xiaobai's tactic of changing the subject was quite effective. Hood was quite rational when it came to answering serious questions. She quickly calmed down. "After you left, Xiaobai, we did as you said and brought as many capable sisters as possible. Lexington... stayed at the naval base as always. There's not much to do lately, so it's like a vacation for her."

"Oh..." Xiaobai nodded, "What about Deep Sea Bismarck and Deep Sea Tirpitz?"

"As for them, we can't say for sure whether those children are capable of living independently, so we've entrusted them to Lexington's care before we leave."

"Ah...that's really troublesome for Lexington."

“Not at all! Lexington was overjoyed when she heard that we entrusted the Deep Sea Dean to her care.” Hood said, pressing his hands together to one cheek, then squinting his eyes and giving Little White a bright and happy smile. “Look how happy Lexington was back then.”

“…Oh, oh oh…”

Xiaobai is inexplicably curious about the current situation of the newbie naval base.

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a long distance away.

It was nighttime as well.

The rain poured down, the raindrops pounding densely on the sea and the walls.

A dazzling white light suddenly appeared in the sky above the newbie naval base.

"Boom"

A few seconds later, a rumbling thunderclap echoed through the night sky.

On the second floor of the office building, the door to the storage room was completely blocked by overturned bookshelves and sofas.

Two figures, one in green and one in gold, were huddled in a corner, trying their best to conceal themselves.

The golden figure lay on the floor, dozing off, while the green figure sat beside it, quietly watching the torrential rain pattering in from outside the storage room window.

"Bismarck—"

"Tirpitz—where are you?"

In the corridor behind him, Lexington's gentle calls rang out intermittently amidst a series of footsteps, sometimes near, sometimes far.

"Pachina and Musashi are waiting for you to have dinner—"

"After dinner, you still need to practice Chinese characters. There are still ten lessons to read today!"

"You all must become reliable and intelligent deep-sea directors like Yamato."

"If you don't behave, I'll get angry, Ms. Lexington."

"Bismarck—"

……

The footsteps gradually faded into the distance.

Bismarck hugged her legs, shrank back, and remained silent.

Bismarck moved closer to Tirpitz, tilted her head back, and stared quietly at the rainy night outside the glass window with her green eyes.

It was as if they were waiting for time to pass by, second by second.

White light suddenly appeared.

The deep-sea Bismarck closed its eyes.

bang

Thunderous sounds rang out again.

Thunder rumbled, and even the cat-ear hairstyle on Bismarck's head drooped down.

After a while, the thunderous sound slowly dissipated amidst an echo.

Deep Sea Bismarck breathed a sigh of relief, opened her eyes, and looked towards the glass window.

Upon seeing the view outside the glass window again, the Deep Sea Bismarck froze, and her large green pupils contracted sharply.

Outside the glass window.

In the pouring rain.

Lexington, whose face was obscured, stood alone on the steps of the balcony outside, holding an umbrella.

With the umbrella slightly tilted up and making a pattering sound, Lexington squinted and gazed gently at the two Deep Sea Deans inside the room.

"…………ah."

White light suddenly appeared.

"Found you."

Lexington's murmurs seemed to echo in my ears.

bang

Thunder rumbled once again in the night at the newbie naval base.

The rookie garrison's office building is deserted.

There was a boom.

A green figure crashed through the high wall, leaving a V-shaped opening, and then, carrying another golden figure in the storm, howled as it raced rapidly toward the dormitory building.

"Meow----!"

Chapter 1066 Another Liar (5000 words)

On the way back to the courtyard house, because she was going to be late and meet someone, Xiao Bai also told the ship girl behind her about how Bai Ying had joined the newbie garrison as a diner two days ago.

However, to avoid unnecessary trouble, when introducing Bai Ying, Xiao Bai only described her as a peculiar ship girl with a relatively quiet aura, without telling the ship girls that Bai Ying could activate Xiao Bai's radar.

Bismarck and Hood, the ship girls, had gradually become accustomed to the fact that the admiral had brought another innocent victim to the naval base after only a few days of inattention.

Admiral, huh.

The ship girls in the new naval base are quite clear about their admiral's attributes.

If you leave them unattended for a while, your admiral will inexplicably attract a bunch of ship girls to your door, like a magnet. Sometimes, if you're lucky, they might even come with free shipping and free gifts.

Having seen this kind of thing many times, when Xiaobai mentioned again that she had acquired a new ship, the ship girls all smiled without saying a word, muttering things like "I understand, I understand" or "It wasn't the admiral who started it."

With the ship girls' deliberately soft footsteps, Xiaobai led them back to the street where the courtyard house was located.

As soon as they reached the street, they could see the enormous courtyard house of the newbie garrison standing by the roadside.

At night, the courtyard gates are wide open, and the tall, dark, imposing walls stand like several guardian deities around it. From a distance, it looks like a castle, quite eye-catching.

Upon seeing the courtyard house, the ship girls instinctively quickened their pace and hurried over.

After walking a few steps, although the courtyard was still some distance from the ship girls, the enticing aroma of food seemed to have grown legs and wafted over first.

"Akagi said that although everyone will probably arrive very late, before dinner time, they have still traveled a long way and probably haven't had anything good to eat along the way."

So Akagi will just make some simple hot food, and everyone can make do with a few bites.

Xiao Bai turned around and smiled as he spoke to the several destroyers behind him who were staring wide-eyed and drooling.

"—Doo, of course, that's what Akagi said herself. Although Akagi said she would just make something casually, she has actually been preparing the dinner menu very carefully since she woke up this morning. I haven't even had a bite to eat yet, so I should thank her properly when we go in later."

"Wow! Akagi-neechan is amazing!" Upon hearing this, the destroyers' eyes lit up.

Back when they were in the newbie naval base, most of the destroyers weren't good at cooking, so they usually ate the large pot meals cooked by Chef Renown in the mess hall and didn't have many opportunities to taste high-end cuisine. Now that they heard they could eat Akagi's food, they couldn't help but get excited.

Of course, the head chef is the strongest maid in the newbie naval base, so her cooking skills are naturally not bad. The canteen's dishes have always taken into account nutritional balance and taste variation, so it's not like the destroyers are being treated unfairly. However, communal cooking is still communal cooking. Considering the amount of food for all the ship girls in the naval base in one meal, the taste has to give way to the efficiency of cooking.

Compared to the home-cooked meals that the naval commander Akagi, the chef, spends an entire day meticulously preparing, the cafeteria dishes that can be cooked in large quantities in just a few hours are indeed somewhat inferior in terms of quality and prestige.

Besides, the Renown was, after all, a British ship...

As all the ship girls know, the fact that Renown doesn't serve dishes like Stargazing, spicy tomato stir-fry, or mantis shrimp stewed with geoduck—foods that easily lower sanity—in the cafeteria proves that she's really working incredibly hard.

In front of the courtyard gate, the ship girls saw Akagi, wearing thick gloves, carrying dishes from the kitchen into the courtyard, and Kaga, who was moving a table.

Several dining tables were set up in the middle of the courtyard, and on the tables were dishes that were rarely seen in ordinary times.

Even at night, when the light is weak and the milky white moonlight shines down, the dishes on the table seem to be filled with colorful gems, crystal clear, reflecting a strange light as if with special effects.

A delicious dish looks delicious at first glance.

Because they all emit light.

The master chef was absolutely right.

Looking at the abundance of delicacies, the ship girls, for some reason, all showed expressions of emotion.

Akagi, who had just put down the plate of food, turned around and looked at the entrance to the courtyard.

"Ah, Admiral, everyone's here." Akagi smiled at the ship girls. "Um, if you don't mind... there's just some simple food here..."

At this point, Akagi subconsciously glanced at the dazzling array of dishes in the courtyard, which could easily be mistaken for a Manchu Han Imperial Feast. Then, blushing, she gave everyone a shy smile.

"...Ah, saying it's just simple food...that doesn't quite fit...Kaga and I think we accidentally took it a little too seriously." Akagi lightly punched her head with her little fist, then stuck out her tongue at everyone, "Hehe~"

The ship girls covered their faces.

With a few whooshing sounds, the destroyers rushed towards the courtyard, each one as if they had seen a saint descend to earth. Overwhelmed with emotion, they surrounded Akagi and rushed to hug Akagi and Kaga around the waist.

"Akagi-neechan!!"

"I love you so much, Sister Akagi!"

"Thank you, Sister Akagi!"

"We love Kaga-neechan to death!"

Xiaobai and the other ship girls gradually entered the courtyard.

Although the presentation was much more subtle than that of the destroyers, the light cruisers, heavy cruisers, and large ship girls were actually quite touched that Akagi had prepared so many dishes for everyone. The ship girls greeted Akagi one by one and sincerely thanked her for her efforts.