Elder brother's garrison

The design drawings were in Luo Lian's handwriting, with neat and elegant strokes. The drawings were large, filled with various gears and workpieces of all sizes. The workpieces were neatly labeled with various data and serial numbers, making them look very professional.

Xiao Bai wasn't an expert in this area and couldn't understand the design drawings. However, after looking at the design drawings over and over again, Xiao Bai discovered that there was no object in the entire design that resembled a bracelet shape.

"Huh? Akashi, aren't you making a bracelet?" Shiro looked at Akashi curiously. "Why don't I see a bracelet in the design drawings?"

"Meow? Admiral, don't you know? The bracelet is just a shell to hold the objects, meow." Akashi spread her arms and made a wrapping gesture in front of Shiro. "These components are small parts that imitate and to some extent reproduce the operating principle of Lord Sukhbaatar's ship equipment. In fact, as long as these components are effective, they will work whether you put them in the bracelet or the necklace."

"Huh? Oh, I see. I thought I could just melt it into the shape of a bracelet..."

"Doing that would have some effect, meow, but the effect would be too weak. To block out Yamato's aura and bring her back, we would have to remove her ship equipment again," Akashi said.

“…I see…This field is truly profound.” Xiaobai nodded, somewhat enlightened, and returned the blueprints to Akashi. “Thank you, Akashi.”

“If it weren’t for the Admiral giving Akashi such a useful flame, Akashi wouldn’t have been able to deliver it so quickly. Akashi should be thanking the Admiral instead.” Akashi folded up the design drawings and put them back into her ship equipment space. “Akashi is a knowledgeable person, meow. Since the Admiral has already given Akashi such a good flame, Akashi will not charge the Admiral any processing fees this time, meow.”

"...So it turns out there's still a charge this time."

"Ahem..." Akashi coughed lightly and held up a finger to Shiro. "Knowledge and skills are priceless, but since the Admiral has given Akashi such good things this time, Akashi will give the Admiral a few more benefits."

"Huh? Are there any other benefits?"

"Hmph." Akashi put her hands on her hips and nodded to Shiro. "Akashi, my skills are quite good. I'll show you this time, Admiral. As for the appearance of this ship equipment bracelet, Admiral, you can choose any pretty bracelet on the market and let Akashi design an identical shell for you."

"Wow, Akashi, you can actually do something like this!" Shiro exclaimed in surprise.

Akashi stood with her hands on her hips, the blue flames above her head flickering in mid-air, burning even more fiercely with her smug expression.

"Hmm... since any kind of bracelet shape is fine... actually, I don't know much about jewelry. Um, how about I go find Yamato-neechan tonight and ask her what kind of bracelet she wants?" Xiaobai asked.

“Admiral, even you shouldn’t give jewelry to a girl like that.” Akashi shook her head, a helpless look on her face. “Without the surprise, the romance will all disappear.”

"Ah...you're right." Shiro nodded somewhat awkwardly. She thought for a moment, "A surprise...we should give Yamato-neechan a surprise..."

Little White murmured to itself, gradually quieting down.

"Ah, right." Finally, Xiaobai nodded, took out her phone, found a few pictures online, and then handed them to Akashi. "Akashi, since you can change the shape of the bracelet at will... then how about this shape...?"

Akashi glanced at Shiro's phone.

“Eh—Akashi did say that any appearance is acceptable… but this is a bit too difficult…” A hint of embarrassment appeared on Akashi’s face. As she said this, she slowly raised her head and glanced at Shiro, then paused in surprise.

Shiro's expression was unusually solemn, even though she still looked scared. But the expectation and hope in her eyes were as clear as an overflowing lake.

Akashi simply couldn't refuse.

"..." Akashi touched the blue flame above her head and sighed, "I know. In short, Akashi will do her best, meow."

"Thank you, Akashi!" Shiro smiled happily at Akashi.

"—The difficulty has increased several times over. To ensure we can make it, Akashi needs even more raw materials." Akashi raised her hand to Shiro, making a large circle in the air. "In short, we need this much more."

Xiao Bai's eyebrows twitched, and he was about to open his mouth.

A voice calling out came from a ship girl.

"Admiral————Akashi————"

Upon hearing the sound, Shiro and Akashi turned around to look behind them.

Two ship girls, Fubuki and Changchun, waved to Xiaobai while pushing a handcart filled with glittering ship equipment fragments, running towards the blacksmith's shop.

"Changchun? Chuixue?" Xiaobai was also taken aback when she saw Chuixue and Changchun. Then her gaze shifted slightly downwards to the handcart that Changchun and Chuixue were pushing. "Hmm??"

Changchun and Fubuki's handcarts were filled with fragments of Sukhbaatar and Odin's ship equipment?!

"Admiral!" Fubuki, one step ahead of Changchun, pushed the cart next to Xiaobai, then happily rushed into Xiaobai's arms, hugging his waist and rubbing against him wildly. "Yeah! Fubuki is number one!"

Xiao Bai patted Chui Xue's head in her arms, her gaze both surprised and puzzled as she looked at Chang Chun, who had arrived a step later, pushing his stroller to his side.

"Changchun, these are ship equipment fragments, they are..."

"Admiral, well, it's like this, just now, for some reason, Lord Su and Lord Odin went to the open space and had a fierce fight, and a lot of ship equipment fragments fell down. Sister Akagi said that these ship equipment fragments would be useful to you and Akashi, so she asked us to deliver them." Changchun walked up to Xiaobai and explained to him.

"Huh? Lord Su and Odin are fighting? Then, what about them now..."

"It's alright, it's alright. Although Lord Odin seemed very angry, Lord Su said that she was just warming up with Lord Odin at the supply ship level. In the end, the two of them just fainted from exhaustion, and nothing more serious happened." Changchun said, reaching out to pull Fubuki out of Xiaobai's arms. "Fubuki, come out quickly! The Admiral has very important things to do, don't disturb her!"

Fubuki was reluctantly pulled out of Xiaobai's arms by Changchun's force.

"Ugh! Changchun is so petty!" Chuixue muttered softly, puffing out her cheeks.

"Hey! What do you mean I'm petty!"

"Hehehe! You big-breasted monster!" Fubuki pouted, lightly slapped Changchun's prominent breasts with her backhand, then made a face at Changchun and ran back to the other side of the courtyard, "Bye-bye, Admiral!"

"Oh dear!!" Changchun, her face flushed, squatted down, pressing her slightly swaying chest tightly. Her large, bright eyes, filled with shame and a hint of anger, glared at Chuixue's retreating figure. "Chui! Xue! I, I, I..."

Changchun turned around, staring at Xiaobai who was looking at him with tears of shame in his eyes.

"Changchun isn't petty! Changchun isn't envious that Fubuki can stay in the Admiral's arms! Changchun isn't a busty monster, this... this is just the average level of development for Changchun's age!!" After saying this, Changchun, extremely ashamed, blushed and ran away while covering her chest.

At the entrance of the blacksmith's shop.

Shiro and Akashi silently watched Changchun's youthful and slender figure, watching her chase after Fubuki all over the yard. For some reason, they were speechless, their minds filled with thoughts.

After a long time.

"Uh... Akashi... Anyway, are we got enough raw materials?" Shiro pointed to the two handcarts next to him.

"Huh? Oh! That's enough!" Akashi, who was looking down at her flat chest, was startled, looked up, and nodded to Shiro.

"Oh..." Xiaobai nodded listlessly.

The dialogue was terminated.

Shiro and Akashi made no move.

The entrance to the blacksmith's shop.

The blue stove burns and burns.

The smoldering sound became the only melody between Shiro and Akashi.

Xiaobai and Mingshi stared at the other end of the courtyard, remaining silent for a long time.

--turn out to be.

—A physique like Changchun's is only... average?

That level...

actually……

Moving average...

This……

Xiao Bai felt slightly discouraged.

Chapter 1180 I'm quitting being a lifeguard! (Click)

This morning, the sky was clear and the air was crisp. In the sea area of ​​Chapter Six, the ship girls who were up early to participate in the raid were like a swarm of busy little bees, shuttling back and forth across the vast sea.

"Wow"

Under the sunlight, the ink-black seawater churned up waves at the feet of the ship girls.

A neat squadron of ship girls, led by a ship girl with radiant blonde hair, was speeding towards the depths of the sea.

"Glorious Sister, the number of Deep-Sea Deans on the surface of the sea today... seems to be much less than in the past few days. Um, could something have gone wrong again?"

Behind Glorious, a small destroyer looked around with concern, scanning the battle lines in the surrounding sea before asking the ship girl at the front of the group with a worried expression.

"Because the number of enemies in these limited-time events is not unlimited. As the aura of the deep sea weakens, the number of deep-sea deans naturally decreases as well."

While traveling on the sea, Glorious heard her teammates' questions from behind. She slowed down slightly, looked around at the sea, and then turned back to smile at the destroyer that had asked the question.

"Furthermore, the decreasing number of enemies is one of the signs that this operation is nearing its end. Isn't that a good thing for us?"

Glory's gentle smile gave the ship girls great reassurance and encouragement.

The destroyer who asked the question breathed a deep sigh of relief, and the tense expressions on the faces of her fellow ship girls also relaxed slightly at that moment.

"Ah, so that's it."

"I feel a little relieved."

"I thought it was like the last few times, that I encountered some strange thing again and then..."

Speaking of it.

The destroyer who had been speaking suddenly seemed to remember something, and with a snap, awkwardly covered his mouth, looking apologetically at Glorious and the people around him.

"Don't worry about it so much, it's all in the past."

Seeing the destroyer's embarrassed look, Glorious waved his hand, indicating that the destroyer didn't need to take it too seriously.

"You're right. Although this phenomenon is normal, we still can't let our guard down. Remember? We've encountered several tricky emergencies recently. The reason we've managed to get through them unscathed is partly because, besides the crucial factor of being incredibly lucky to always receive help from someone, our habitual vigilance allows us to take a certain degree of initiative when facing emergencies, preventing irreversible damage before we receive rescue and maximizing our chances of escape. So, your current level of preparedness is actually a very mature behavior, and you don't need to worry about it."

The destroyer, who had been covering her mouth, nodded under Glorious's gaze, lowered her hand, and sounded somewhat dejected.

"...But, but the sisters who were with us yesterday..."

"...They did say yesterday that they needed to rest for a while and wouldn't be going out to sea with us."

A hint of heartache and regret appeared on Glory's face.

"Glorious Sisters... are they like our predecessors... too afraid to go into the sea again...?"

"No, they are all ship girls with a wealth of experience. They're probably just tired and want to rest for a while," Glorious quickly explained to the ship girls, seeing that they seemed to be getting discouraged.

"But there's nothing we can do about it, right?"

After all, although we're used to these kinds of unexpected events, they don't have our experience. The two unexpected events yesterday and the day before probably left them feeling quite frustrated, so it's understandable that they'd choose to rest for a while to adjust their mindset and not go on the mission..."

As he finished speaking, Glorious clasped his hands together and offered a quiet prayer.

"Sigh...those older sisters are clearly more capable than us, but I never expected this..." The ship girls in front of Glorious looked at Glorious, who was bowing her head in prayer, and sighed softly.

Perhaps it was fate, but for a long time, Admiral Luo Yin's fleet of ship girls seemed to have very bad luck in actual expeditions.

They always encounter some rather dangerous emergencies.

For example, we just witnessed the once-in-a-century deep-sea cluster in the first chapter, accidentally stumbled into the mysterious sea area in the second chapter, and played a thrilling game of "True or False Monkey King" with a wondrous being. In the sixth chapter, before we could even get a chance to rub against the powerful figure we had just managed to get close to, we were attacked by the Deep Sea Dean whose strength suddenly increased dramatically. Then, the next day, the incredibly sturdy sea defense line collapsed, and so on...

Such incidents, almost all of them were devastating (censored) events that other naval base ship girls wouldn't even dare to imagine. Any one of these events, if it happened to any other ship girl, would probably be an epic event she would remember for a lifetime.

However, for the ship girls of Koei Tecmo, such epic events are as common as eating and drinking.

Furthermore, with the increasing number of unexpected events they've encountered recently, Glory and her colleagues have gradually developed a sense that they are becoming more and more adept at handling them.

Just like the last time the defense collapsed.

The Glorious girls, who were caught in the crossfire at that moment, were not intimidated by the Abyssal Commanders' offensive and immediately reacted. They accurately assessed the enemy's formation and led their teammates to avoid the enemy's fiercest artillery fire. They also rallied the other ship girls from other naval bases they encountered along the way, engaging in a thrilling tug-of-war with the Abyssal Commanders who attempted to land. They successfully delayed the enemy's advance, delaying their attempt to land and destroy the city until reinforcements from the Admiral's Guild arrived.

Although this kind of growth made Guangrong feel quite helpless, upon closer reflection, it could be considered a good development.

After all, we are all ship girls, and sooner or later we will be at sea for more than ten or twenty years. Although we are having bad luck now, we will learn from our mistakes early and become more experienced and skilled. Then our future voyages will be much easier and we will no longer be afraid of capsizing.

"It seems that mental strength is also a very important part..." The ship girls looked at each other and finally came to the same conclusion in unison.

"We're still on our way to the expedition, so let's end this chat here. Remember what we just said? We need to maintain our habitual vigilance." Glorious shook his head helplessly and said to the ship girls.

"Yes!!" the ship girls responded.

After a brief pause, the ship girls set off again into the depths of the sea.

The phenomenon of the number of Deep Sea Deities becoming increasingly scarce is not only noticed by Glorious's ship girls team. In fact, along the route Glorious is taking towards the depths of the sea, they have already discovered many other ship girl teams from Chapters 6 and 7 who are passing through this area in search of more prey in the deep sea.

Glorious and her companions were not as strong as the ship girl teams that had been entrenched in Chapters 6 and 7 for many years, so Glorious and her companions did not have the idea of ​​competing with these ship girls for prey.

Glorious and her companions weren't so extravagant as to use Deepsea Dean's Metal to guarantee their kills like a newbie naval base. Rather, if Admiral Luo Yin wanted to be so wasteful, Glorious, as his secretary ship, would do everything in her power to stop him immediately.

Normally, if we stay on the defensive line and try to complete the guaranteed mission, given the scarcity of resources there, it would take most of the day to finish it, even with Glorious's combat strength. Besides, after what happened yesterday, the defensive line is no longer safe. So instead of hiding cowardly on the defensive line all day, it's better to go out into the deep sea like we are now, finish it quickly, and go home.

In Glorious's eyes, both the seemingly safe defensive line and the seemingly dangerous deep sea are pretty much the same now.

As the ship girls, including Glorious, ventured deeper into the area, the distance between them and the powerful ship girl teams in other surrounding naval bases gradually widened.

The glorious team began to appear somewhat lonely on the sea.

We're on our way.

As Glorious stood at the flagship position, he suddenly sensed a familiar aura.

"Hmm?" Glory turned his head and glanced at the sea.

All I could see was a dark, deep sea.