Elder brother's garrison

Senior Sister Duan shook her head.

That guy is very famous, it's normal that you ship girls don't know him. He is the world's number one admiral, young and promising, with a bright future ahead of him. His daughters could be dragged out and cut all the way from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.

The ship girl was dumbfounded.

This guy really is a legend.

The ship girls then asked, "Captain Duan, what are your plans for the future?"

Captain Duan pondered for a long time before nodding.

“I talked to him before, and he said that being number one in the world is very stressful. Every day, there are 10,000 people on the leaderboard who want to mess with him. It would be better if there were fewer people, like just ten or something. If you keep messing with them, you might get to know them.”

Captain Duan then mentioned that she still wanted to be an admiral. She would be the captain of the military police for now, and she would see about the admiral position later. If possible, she would aim for the tenth place in the world and be a goalkeeper.

The ship girls looked at each other, unsure of what to say in response to this comment.

The ship girls asked Duan Shuiliu, "Don't you want to continue developing your career in the military police?"

Captain Duan shook his head.

Captain Duan said that the man said that if I were to become the captain of the military police, I would be 1,551 times better than the others.

The ship girls lamented.

The ship girls shook their heads.

I've truly experienced the power of sweet talk this time. Even the most straightforward women throughout history have been deeply captivated by it.

"Is that guy worth all this?" the ship girls asked curiously. "Captain Duan, you could have wiped out this military police force even without him."

"He helped me," Senior Sister Duan said, sipping her tea.

"Huh?" the ship girls asked.

"Do you remember the first time he was arrested?"

"remember."

"Back then, I actually had no friends. I wanted to make friends, but I didn't dare to speak up." Senior Sister Duan held her teacup, and finally, like a barren tree blooming, she blushed.

The ship girls laughed and joked for a while.

Senior Sister Duan picked up her teacup and looked at the ship girls sitting in the office.

"He then made me take care of his diet as a bet."

"As long as I go out, I will honestly answer the questions of those silly ship girls outside the door."

"You'll have friends now."

Chapter 1098 The Unassuming Head Chef

"In short, that's roughly how the incident happened..."

In the lounge.

The military police ship girl whispered to Shiro and Missouri, then gave an awkward smile.

"Back then, I had just joined the military police and was a newcomer. These things were told to me by my senior ship girls."

"It's quite a strange story. I never imagined that something like this had happened before."

Missouri gently rubbed her chin, speaking with some emotion, before lowering her head to look at Little White.

"What do you think, Admiral?"

"I think I understand!" Xiaobai nodded enthusiastically, her eyes burning with fighting spirit. "Judging from this, Sister Duan and Brother have a really, really good relationship!"

"Ah, about this story, since it was told to us orally by our seniors in private, there are bound to be some artistic embellishments..." The ship girl shyly smoothed her long hair behind her ear, "I've just told you everything I know..."

"Um, do the ship girl sisters here also know about this?" Xiaobai tiptoed.

"They probably don't know. Among our batch, I've been on duty the longest." The ship girl smiled sheepishly.

"Huh? So, what happened to your ship girl predecessors later on?"

"They...graduated."

"Graduation?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

"Ah...about this matter." The ship girl smiled at Xiaobai, a hint of unbearable loneliness flashing across her eyes. She gently touched her chest and said to Xiaobai, "Have you ever heard of the origins of ship girls like us?"

"Yes, I've heard Sister Duan mention it." Xiaobai nodded, her gaze shifting downwards, her voice slightly lower.

The ship girls in the military police force were all rescued from the clutches of a bad admiral.

They were all, to varying degrees, pitiful people who had been persecuted by the admiral.

Seeing Xiaobai's noticeably lowered mood when talking about the Military Police ship girls, the Military Police ship girls closed their eyes with some emotion, and their delicate eyebrows curved slightly.

"Miss Admiral, please don't worry too much about our affairs; those are all things of the past."

"……Um."

"Getting back to the point, although we ship girls will be serving in the military police for a short time and treating the military police dormitory as our home, ultimately, the military police and the naval base are different." The ship girl said to Shiro, "We are ultimately ship girls without an admiral. When we stay in the military police, we are actually more like a group of small animals licking each other's wounds. As time goes by and our wounds heal, there will be no need for us to stay in the military police."

"Graduation...does that refer to those ship girls?"

"um, yes."

"Then, where did those ship girls go?"

"Although the Military Police have prepared many options for us—at least the seniors I know all voluntarily chose to dismantle their ship equipment and become human." As she said this, a strange joy welled up in the ship girl's eyes, and she gestured in front of Xiaobai, "As for their treatment, don't worry, they are all doing very well. I have a senior who graduated a long time ago, and she even met someone in human society who was very kind to her, and they got married. When she came to visit us at the Military Police headquarters a while ago, she was holding a baby this big in her arms."

"She gave birth?!"

"Hmm! After all, once the ship equipment is removed, physiologically there's no difference between ship girls and humans... Hehe, I even touched that baby's little hand. It was tiny but strong, just like that, gripping my little finger. She was so sleepy, barely cried all morning, so well-behaved... Oh right, she was a girl, very cute, just like her mother, so lovely." The ship girl gestured, her brows furrowing slightly as she smiled, her voice a little weak, "However... although she's still as beautiful as before... she has a few more wrinkles around her eyes now."

"……"noob.

“That’s true. Ship girls without ship equipment… grow up and grow old just like humans.” The ship girl clutched her chest, her grip faltering. “Senior always had an enviable smile on her face, and her voice was much brighter than when she left. She said she hadn’t seen the sea in a long time, and human society is really complicated. She recently learned to weave clothes and cook, but she can only cook for two people. She’ll have to learn how to cook for three people later. Making dumplings is much simpler than cooking. She can teach us how to make them next time she comes…”

The ship girl murmured, her brows gradually unfurrowing.

"However, I think... there probably won't be a next time."

"There won't be a next time?" Xiaobai asked, puzzled.

"Because that senior used to be so vain, she probably won't let us see her getting older and older." The ship girls scratched their heads, their eyes somewhat unfocused. "But... well, as expected, the senior thinks she's still happy. I don't want to give up my youth and beauty yet... but maybe in a few years, I'll make the same choice as her."

The words fell.

The only sounds around were the laughter of the other ship girls in the lounge.

Neither the newbie nor the ship girl in the dialogue center spoke.

A short while passed.

"what!"

Suddenly, the military police ship girl instinctively cried out, her eyes instantly clearing. Then, an embarrassed look appeared on her face, and she hurriedly raised her hand, waving it at Xiaobai.

"I'm so sorry, so sorry, so sorry... You came to ask me something else, but I started talking about this instead. I'm so sorry! What I just said didn't mean anything by it. Please, please don't take it to heart! I'm so sorry for spoiling your mood, Admiral!"

After saying that, the ship girl began to bow and apologize to Xiaobai.

Xiaobai and Missouri didn't mind at all. After comforting the ship girl and telling her that it was nothing and that knowing about it was a good experience, the ship girl finally breathed a sigh of relief and then left quickly with the others, feeling embarrassed.

"What an interesting senior." Missouri laughed as she watched the ship girl hurriedly run back to the edge of the sofa.

"Hmm." Xiaobai scratched his head with a somewhat complicated expression.

"Speaking of which, Admiral, based on what that senior said before, do you have a deeper understanding of your brother now?" Missouri raised her finger and waved it in front of Xiaobai to attract his attention.

“Yes…it’s much more profound now…” Xiaobai pondered, “It seems I should tell the president and Lexington about this…”

"...The admiral's choice was somewhat unexpected for Missouri."

Xiao Bai smiled at Missouri: "Anyway, I need to go upstairs to find Sister Duan first. I said I was going to buy them some things, and they'll worry about me if I don't go back for so long. Missouri, do you want to come upstairs with me?"

"Missouri can stay here and wait for the admiral to return." Missouri nodded.

"Ah."

Xiaobai and Missouri pushed open the door to the lounge and returned to the lobby on the first floor.

Compared to the chattering of the ship girls in the lounge, Xiaobai, who was starting to get used to the noise, suddenly found the lobby on the first floor much quieter.

Human adaptability is truly terrifying.

Xiaobai and Missouri went into the supermarket outside the building, bought the things they had agreed to buy, and returned to the lobby on the first floor. Missouri stopped in front of the lounge door, while Xiaobai, carrying the plastic bags, continued walking towards the stairs.

"Ah, right."

Just as Xiaobai left carrying the plastic bag, he suddenly turned around and looked at Missouri at the entrance of the lounge, as if he had remembered something.

"Admiral, what's wrong?"

Missouri smiled at Little White.

"Um... speaking of which, Missouri searched for me for a long time, right..."

"Ah."

"Um, during that long period of time, Missouri, did you... ever think about something similar to that ship girl from earlier... like giving up your ship equipment and becoming human?" Xiaobai looked at Missouri cautiously.

"..."

Missouri watched Little White calmly, remaining quiet for a short while.

Then he tilted his head slightly, revealing a smile that made Xiaobai feel incredibly at ease.

"Missouri really wants the Admiral to see her at her youngest and most beautiful."

"That's true." Little White laughed heartily, his breathing gradually becoming more lively. "Then I'm going up now."

“Hmm.” Missouri waved gently.

Xiao Bai carried the plastic bag and ran upstairs.

Xiao Bai ran up to the second floor in one breath, and then ran up to the third floor, panting.

"I, I'm back!"

Back on the third floor, Xiaobai pushed open the lobby door, breathing out warm air as she shouted loudly inside.

In the third-floor hall, Convers was carefully folding blankets for the military police ship girls on the first floor whose bedding hadn't been made up yet. When she heard Xiaobai's voice, she looked up and gazed towards the door, her little face lighting up as if it had been illuminated.

"Admiral Lu Lin! You're back!"

"Well, because in the middle... uh, something like this and that happened..." Xiao Bai recalled for a moment and found that things were extremely complicated. He could only smile bitterly twice, then, carrying a full plastic bag of snacks, he walked towards Duan Shuiliu and Kang Fusi in the hall.

Convers put down the blanket in his hand, stood up, and ran to Xiaobai. He chatted with Xiaobai very enthusiastically, just like a little dog wagging its tail at the door when its owner comes home.

Since Xiaobai left, Duan Shuiliu seems to have never moved from her spot. She sat in the same place and in the same posture when Xiaobai left, and she sat in the same place and in the same posture when Xiaobai came back.

"Are you in trouble?" Duan Shuiliu asked Xiaobai.

"No." Xiaobai handed the plastic bag in her hand to Duan Shuiliu.

Duan Shuiliu took the plastic bag from Xiaobai, looked down and looked inside, his gaze sweeping over the bread, milk and instant noodles in turn.

"I haven't eaten all day, it's not good to eat this again." Duan Shuiliu thought for a while and suddenly spoke up, "If you don't mind, there's a kitchen here, I can cook something for you."

"Huh?! Captain, you can cook?!" Convers, who was next to Xiaobai, exclaimed in surprise. "But Captain, don't you usually eat in the cafeteria? Why don't you cook for yourself?"

"I didn't learn much before, but I don't know much of it."

"So, Captain, what dishes can you cook?"

Duan Shuiliu, who was holding a plastic bag, blinked.

Eyes calm.

The expression is serious.

Then open your mouth.

The sound is crisp and clear.

confidence.

Loud and clear.

Pork chop rice.

Chapter 864: Survival in the Wilderness in Rome, Day 1