Elder brother's garrison

"Huh? Didn't you hear me? It's alright, it's only a hundred million times." Veneto's gaze was fixed on Rome, filled with pity as if he were looking at a cow or mule that had collapsed on the ground and died from exhaustion.

“Uh, is it… one, double?” Rome tried to make a last-ditch effort.

“No, a hundred million times.” Veneto shook his head, ruthlessly shattering Rome’s illusions.

The coldness and cruelty of reality shocked Rome.

"Sis... Sis! Are you... are you kidding me...?"

"Rome, you know me, I don't joke around when it comes to training."

"But, but what kind of weird operation is increasing training by a hundred million times?! That's no longer training, it's blatant murder!"

"I've never even considered murder. You have to trust my judgment. As my sister, isn't it normal for her to have a training volume that's billions of times greater? If you don't do this, Rome, you'll never surpass me."

"Suddenly it went from 100 million to over a billion!!! So what kind of weird training volume was that! Even data inflation can't be this extreme! If a game inflated like this, it would be absolute garbage! Didn't we only increase the training volume by several times before?!"

"Rome, that's just how people are; they instinctively tend to be negative about things that are beyond their comprehension. As your older sister, I still have a lot of faith in your abilities."

"I can't do it! I can't do it! I really can't do this! If it's multiplied by a hundred million, I'll definitely die! Even if it was a joke before, this time I really will die!!"

"Isn't that better? (whispering)"

"I'm shocked, boss..."

"I did not say anything."

"You just said it would be better this way, right? You definitely said it! You absolutely said it! I heard it very clearly! Big sister, you're still angry, aren't you!"

"Rome, I am the older sister, how could I possibly get angry over such a trivial matter as being betrayed and ambushed by my younger sister? Look how idle you have been these past two days, you must have been so bored that you're hallucinating. So, laziness is not advisable. Since the weather is nice today, go and add a few hundred billion training sessions."

"That's why I was wondering why it secretly went from a billion to tens of billions again! Why is the training volume growing faster than the population? Besides, I never said I wanted to surpass you, Big Sister! Stop it! I'm still just a kid!"

"Rome, do you know why the world's number one ship girl became the world's number one ship girl?"

"Huh? What's going on... this sudden, inspirational feeling..."

"Because while other ship girls are dating their admirals, the world's number one ship girl is training; while other ship girls are eating and having fun, the world's number one ship girl is training; while other ship girls are going to sea to fight, the world's number one ship girl is training; while other ship girls are sleeping and going to the toilet, the world's number one ship girl is also training."

"At least let me sleep!!! I don't even know where to begin complaining! Where can you find ship girls who go to sea to fight and don't focus on training?! What's the use of training these ship girls to a certain level?! They're just pretty faces, right?! These ship girls are definitely just pretty faces! And even if they were training, it wouldn't be a terrifying number like hundreds of billions! Is that really a scale that ship girls can handle?! I don't even know how many zeros are in that number!"

"Tsk, this is tough to deal with. (whispering)"

"Shocked..."

"I did not say anything."

"I definitely said it! I heard it clearly! Why do you have to whisper it again when I heard it last time?!"

"Trouble... Anyway, hurry up and get to training, honestly, you'll be exhausted in three days."

"This is clearly a murder threat!!!"

The noise from Rome and Veneto echoed throughout the alley.

At the alley entrance, Bismarck and Saratoga, who were munching on squid strips and potato chips, looked up and gazed in Veneto's direction.

From Bismarck's perspective, all he saw was a wailing Roma clinging to Veneto's waist, sobbing uncontrollably. Roma's face, covered in tears and snot, pressed against Veneto's body, only to have his face slammed into the air by Veneto's cold, indifferent hand. The two of them, like two intertwined octopuses, were tug-of-war, swaying left and right in Bismarck's view.

"Bismarck, what happened to them?"

Saratoga, holding half a bag of potato chips, looked at the two sisters with a puzzled expression, then turned to Bismarck and asked.

"I don't know."

"Are they arguing over there?"

"Not like."

"Should we go over and try to persuade them?"

"Need not."

"But won't leaving it unattended escalate into a more serious situation?"

“There is Chicheng.”

"Oh, that's okay."

Saratoga expressed his understanding, then lowered his head, simply treating the noise from Veneto and Rome as background music, and continued to silently munch on his potato chips.

Listening to the background music that sounded like a stand-up comedy routine, Saratoga, who felt incredibly satisfied with her meal, quickly ran out of potato chips in her bag. She licked her fingers, folded the bag, put it in the trash bag next to her, and then turned around and reached out to the new bag of potato chips placed next to the cushion.

Just then, Saratoga's hand paused as she turned around, her gaze shifting. She raised an eyebrow and looked out onto the street outside the alley.

Outside on the street, Xiaobai was running towards them, waving as she went.

"Ah, Little White!" Saratoga's eyes lit up.

Saratoga's voice was soft, more like a soliloquy upon discovering a pleasant surprise.

Bismarck, who was munching on squid strips with her head down, paused at the sound, and her two white cat ears (actually hair) stood up in an instant. Then she looked up.

Veneto and Roma seemed to have been put on pause, coming to an abrupt halt.

Everyone looked out of the alley.

Little White was waving and running towards them, shouting excitedly as he ran, as if he had heard something good.

Xiao Bai had a bright smile on her face, her cheeks flushed from her excitement.

"I'm back! Are you hungry? Do you want some pork chop rice?"

……

After tidying up the items on the ground in the alley.

To Xiaobai's astonishment, Akagi magically disassembled the milk tea machine's parts and placed them into Kaga's open ship equipment space.

"Admiral, here you go." Akagi turned around and handed Shiro a cup of milk tea.

"Ah...thank you."

"The Admiral was just saying that the captain of the military police... that Miss Duan, actually has a very good relationship with the newbie naval base, right?" Akagi asked, looking at Shiro who was staring at the milk tea with her head down.

"Huh? Ah! Hmm!" Xiaobai, who was still wondering why the milk tea machine could operate without electricity, realized what was going on, looked up at Akagi and smiled, "It was Sister Duan who asked me before if I wanted to eat something at her place."

"Admiral, you told her everything we did outside..." Akagi's face showed a helpless smile.

"Well, since you've been waiting for me outside and haven't eaten anything, I asked Sister Duan if it would be possible to make more for a few more people."

"Making more dishes isn't an easy task... Hmm, Admiral, and then, what did she say?"

"Sister Duan rolled up her sleeves and seemed even more motivated," Xiao Bai said. "Then I came down to call you!"

"That Sister Duan... is quite approachable." Akagi covered her mouth and chuckled.

After disposing of the empty snack bags and throwing them into a nearby trash can, Xiaobai led the ship girls into the Xiaobai Building and made their way to the lobby on the third floor.

In the third-floor hall, all the bedding that the ship girls had laid out on the floor had been put away. The military police ship girls were moving back and forth between the kitchen and the hall. Some were carrying tables and chairs into the hall, some were delivering ingredients to the kitchen, and others were carefully arranging bowls and chopsticks on the tables in the hall.

When Xiaobai arrived at the third-floor lobby, the military police ship girls saw Bismarck and Veneto and recalled the intense aura emanating from these ship girls that morning. They instinctively panicked and almost dropped what they were holding.

Fortunately, Missouri was also on the third floor. After a few words of comfort from Missouri, although I was still panicking, I gradually calmed down.

"Admiral Lu Lin!" Convers, seeing the little white figure nestled beside Saratoga, put down the bowl and chopsticks he had set out halfway and ran over with a shy smile.

"Comfort, I'm back."

Xiaobai greeted Convers and then pointed to the ship girls behind her, introducing them to Convers one by one.

"They are my ship girls, you've seen them over in my yard, right? This is Bismarck, and this is Veneto..."

"Yes! I know him!" Convers stood gracefully beside Little White and bowed respectfully to Veneto. "You must be Senior Veneto. Good afternoon! My name is Convers. I'm very sorry about what happened this morning!"

When Veneto entered the room and saw Convers, her eyebrows twitched and her expression darkened.

Given Veneto's consistently outspoken nature, anyone who dared to speak frankly about her destroyers would at best have their nose broken. Veneto only refrained from attacking Convers because of Xiaobai, but a simple reconciliation was absolutely out of the question.

This is a matter of principle for me.

--not to mention.

Veneto stared intently at Convers' chest, which was particularly noticeable due to gravity as he bowed deeply.

Veneto's bright red eyes lingered briefly on those soft, full curves.

Then he quietly withdrew it.

Then pause briefly.

Then silently withdraw.

Veneto glared fiercely at Roma beside him.

Suddenly, Rome, looking bewildered and confused, grabbed his arm.

--not to mention.

They are still class enemies.

Veneto thought to himself, gritting his teeth as he stared at Rome.

The murderous intent in his eyes grew stronger.

It's even less likely that we'll reconcile easily. My principles, Veneto's principles, are stronger than steel.

“Veneto, her name is Convers, she’s a ship girl from the Military Police. Well… it’s a bit complicated…” Xiaobai found an opportunity and leaned close to Veneto, telling her Convers’ situation in a low voice. “…Well, in short… if we can get along well… that would be great.”

“…Oh.” Under Xiaobai’s hopeful gaze, Veneto nodded silently, then whispered to Convers, “Hello to you too.”

A look of surprise appeared on Convers' face.

As a wedding ship.

—Veneto, a socially adept adult who is gradually becoming more worldly-wise.

—Today, it is still being meticulously refined.

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"Speaking of which, is Sister Duan in the kitchen right now?"

After the ship girls finished introducing themselves, Xiaobai looked at the ship girls bustling around the hall and asked Convers.

“Well, the captain just went to the kitchen not long ago.” Convers said, his eyes narrowing with undisguised delight. “Because the necessary ingredients can be obtained from the inventory, it seems like we can make a lot. The captain also said that we can eat together—I never thought I would have the chance to taste the captain’s cooking.”

"What was Sister Duan like when she was in the military police?"

"Very serious and hardworking. Although she's a girl, she's more reliable than any man," Convers nodded and said to Xiaobai.

"Hmm..." Xiaobai closed her eyes and thought for a while. Gradually, an image of Duan Shuiliu sitting at his desk with a poker face, expressionless, stamping documents that passed by like an assembly line, appeared in her mind. "...He seems kind of cute..."

"Cute?!" Convers was taken aback, looking at Little White with some confusion.

Just as Convers was pondering whether he had used misleading adjectives that had caused Xiaobai to have strange fantasies, Akagi, who was behind Xiaobai, suddenly spoke up after looking around the hall.

"Excuse me, is this the way to enter the kitchen?" Akagi asked Convers, pointing to a corridor in the corner of the hall with a sign that read "No Trespassing."

"Yes."

"Akagi, do you want to go take a look?" Xiaobai looked at Akagi.

“Hmm.” Akagi nodded in response. “Admiral, there are twenty or thirty people here if you include us. Miss Duan probably doesn’t have the habit of cooking for so many people at once. It’s a bit troublesome for someone with little kitchen experience to suddenly handle so many mouths to feed.”

"What's the trouble?"

"Hmm... For example, the planning of cooking steps, the coordinated use of various tools, and the plating and arranging are all things that seem insignificant but are actually quite troublesome. Underestimating the kitchen staff... can lead to big losses."

"So this is ah."

"Admiral, you understand now?"

"Well, in short, so you mean, Akagi, when you were cooking for us before..."

"Although as diners, we should stay at the table and do our job, since they've taken on the task for so many people, we should definitely go to the kitchen to offer our condolences!"

Without giving Xiaobai a chance to ask questions, Akagi raised her arm high, flashed a bright smile, and then walked towards the corridor leading to the kitchen.

Xiao Bai stood there stunned for a moment, then quickly started walking and caught up.

The two entered the corridor one after the other and walked towards the kitchen door at the end of the corridor.

"Is Akagi going to help too?"

In the corridor, Xiaobai caught up with Chicheng.

Akagi thought for a moment, then smiled at Shiro.