Elder brother's garrison

"I'm here."

"—Missouri, although you seem surprised that I don't have Iowa's pride, I was actually quite surprised when I first saw you too." Iowa's gaze locked onto the sparkling ring on Missouri's left hand. "I see it, you and this Yamato sister are both Admiral's marriage ships, right?"

Missouri raised her arm, gently touched her ring, and nodded.

"The Admiral is truly amazing. Not only is she incredibly powerful herself, but even the Yamato and Missouri couldn't escape her grasp and became her marriage ships," Iowa murmured softly. "Judging from the look in Wisconsin's eyes just now, I guess she won't be far behind..."

“…” Missouri raised her head slightly, “Sister Iowa.”

"Ok?"

"Where did you learn that the Admiral is so powerful?"

“Missouri is truly remarkable, so perceptive.” Iowa smiled, then winked at Missouri. “That was back when we were still inside the construction machine, of course.”

"...You still possess the memories from when you were inside the construction machine?"

“I remember everything.” Iowa gently stroked the head of the sleeping Deep Sea Yamato, her gaze tender. “...I remember everything.”

"How did you do that?" A hint of doubt flickered in Missouri's eyes.

Iowa chuckled softly, straightened up, and looked directly at Missouri.

"To be precise, I actually came out once while I was building the device. I came out to see the scenery, breathe some air, and then I couldn't control myself and got into a fight with someone. In the end, all sorts of things happened, and I was badly defeated and sent back to the seabed or something," Iowa said to Missouri with a smile. "I just kept the memory of that one time."

“…” Missouri looked at Iowa with curiosity.

Iowa lowered her head and gently touched her chest.

“…Yes…Iowa’s pride…speaking with such a huge halo, even I naturally have that kind of thing.” Iowa paused slightly here, “But…in the end, compared to a battleship, I’m still a girl, aren’t I?”

"Girls?"

"So, in other words, it really is... the feelings of a younger woman that are more important." Iowa patted her chest, her gaze fixed on the door behind Missouri, watching Little White comforting Wisconsin outside. Her face flushed slightly, making her even more beautiful and alluring. "Rather than an arrogant woman, I want to be the type that person can like."

"..." Missouri.

Seeing Missouri's expression, Iowa clasped his hands together, smiled, and tilted his head.

Thoughts and gazes, following Iowa's movements, seemed to sprout wings, passing through houses and walls, soaring into the sky, flying high and far to the sea, passing through thick dark clouds, and amidst crackling thunder, returning to a pure night, returning to an incomparably dark body of water.

Beneath the rainbow-colored beam of light that melts everything.

That small white figure, like the sun of the whole world, radiated a strong and mesmerizing light.

"what……"

"So handsome..."

Chapter 1207 Little White's Three Circles (Part 1)

After Xiaobai used comforting Wisconsin as an excuse to run out of the room as if seeking refuge, she ran straight to Wisconsin.

The issue of "adolescent rebellion" in Wisconsin.

Although Wisconsin looks devastated right now, judging from her reaction when facing Iowa just now, it's clear that she does dislike her older sister Iowa.

Just as Missouri said.

Wisconsin's reaction was so intense because she had previously projected such a glorious image of Iowa into her mind, so when she saw the incredibly shrewd Iowa in reality, Wisconsin was temporarily unable to accept the psychological gap.

For example.

The intensity of the psychological impact on Wisconsin.

It's roughly equivalent to a mentally sound high school girl returning home to find her respected older brother and several classmates trying on women's clothing while wearing her panties on their heads.

That was truly a disillusionment on a level that could be described as a complete collapse of one's life.

With Xiaobai's comforting words, Wisconsin's emotions gradually stabilized, and she slowly accepted reality.

Just then, the ship girls who were preparing ingredients in the yard were all there. Xiaobai didn't want to go back to the house where Iowa and Missouri were for the time being, so after comforting Wisconsin for a while, Xiaobai took the opportunity to tell the ship girls around her that Mizuki had entrusted the naval base and ship girls to her, and also mentioned that Iowa had been created in the construction machine.

This is a bombshell dropped by Xiaobai.

The ship girls, who had been working hard all day, clapped and cheered a few times, saying "good" and "not bad," but then there was not much of a reaction.

—After all, the ship girls in the newbie naval base have long been trained by the quirky newbies to have nerves of steel.

The fact that a top-tier ship girl like Iowa has taken up residence in his naval base, and that he has incorporated the world's tenth naval base, would be a super-big deal for any other admiral. It would make their jaw drop with excitement, their eyes bulge, and they would want to run upside down and cheer so enthusiastically that they would jump three feet high.

However, for the newbie naval officers who are used to seeing newbies bringing deep-sea deans home and tricking ship girls and admirals into coming home, this is a different story.

These are, in fact, part of the expected daily routine.

Rather than the two pieces of news Xiaobai mentioned, the ship girls felt that Xiaobai's agreement to have barbecue tonight was more joyful and surprising.

Smoke gradually rose from the courtyard of the newbie garrison.

Thanks to the efforts of the ship girls in the novice naval base (most of them), a large amount of ingredients were quickly washed, chopped, marinated, and then delivered to Akagi in the center of the courtyard, where several large ovens had already been set up.

As Akagi skillfully brushed the sauce onto the ingredients spread across the grill, the sizzling sound of the grilled meat, accompanied by an irresistible aroma, gradually filled the entire courtyard.

Food is always something that can evoke happiness in the simplest way.

Watching the cook Akagi help the ship girls grill the ingredients, the ship girls, who had been busy all night, finally finished cleaning the ingredients and were free to enjoy some free time, called out to their friends and dragged out the ship girls hiding in the house one by one. They then brought out tables and chairs and sat down around Akagi in the center of the courtyard.

"Newbie, do you know how to play the drinking game?"

"New recruits, which garrison did you serve from before?"

"Newcomers, drink!"

"Newcomers, please fill up!"

The old drunken battleships at the newbie naval base, carrying bottles and playing cards, and some even pulled out mahjong sets, ran up to Duan Shuiliu's ship girls and started greeting the trembling ship girls one by one.

"Wow—it smells so good..."

Near the main entrance, the seated destroyers watched longingly as the pieces of meat danced in the bright red flames under Akagi's iron grip. They inhaled the aroma of the meat in the air and made sounds of immense satisfaction.

"Sister Akagi, please take care of our share too!"

As the customary welcome party for newcomers at the new naval base was in full swing, Fubuki, carrying a large plate of freshly skewered meat, ran up to the stove and stood on tiptoe, calling out to Akagi.

"Hmm? It's Fubuki. Just give me the food that needs to be grilled."

While engrossed in her barbecue, Akagi calmly freed one hand to take the plate from Fubuki. After glancing at the plate full of meat skewers, Akagi gave a helpless smile. "Fubuki, you'll get tired of just eating meat skewers soon. You should add some vegetables."

"Ugh—but the vegetables don't taste good at all..."

“Even ship girls can suffer from malnutrition.” Akagi pointed behind Fubuki. “Fubuki, look.”

"Ok?"

Following Akagi's finger, Fubuki turned around and looked behind her.

In the distance, Changchun, sitting at her seat preparing ingredients, is skewering brightly colored fresh vegetables onto meat skewers.

"Like Xiao Changchun, you need a balanced diet to grow tall."

Akagi said to Fubuki.

"Huh?" After hearing Akagi's last comment about being tall, Fubuki subconsciously reached out and pinched her flat chest.

"...It can make me taller...make me bigger..." Fubuki rubbed her chest, turning her head haltingly. She looked at her plate full of meat skewers, her small face filled with extreme distress. "But, but..."

"Then I'll add some vegetables for you?"

Seeing Fubuki's wavering expression, Akagi bent down and, as if by magic, pulled out a basket of washed and chopped bell peppers and corn from under the stove.

Under Fubuki's watchful gaze, a series of blurry images flashed by, and Akagi, with lightning speed, skewered various colored vegetables onto Fubuki's thick meat skewers.

"Aaaaaah!! Fubuki's! Fubuki's meat!!"

Fubuki covered her face, looking at her dream-filled kebab with a pained expression.

"Yes, it looks much better."

"Ugh... Waaah..." Fubuki's little head drooped down immediately.

"Sister Akagi! I need to trouble you with my things too." Just then, Changchun came running over from a distance, carrying a colorful plate and handing the vibrant green meat skewers to Akagi.

“Okay… Oh dear, Changchun, you should eat more meat too—but there’s no room in the grill right now. Can I grill your portion after I finish grilling Fubuki?” Akagi said to Changchun with a smile.

"Hmm, it's alright." Changchun smiled at Chicheng, then turned to look at Fubuki, who was standing dejectedly beside him. "Hmm? Let me see what you brought, Fubuki..."

Before Changchun could even take a good look at what was on Chuixue's plate...

Just hear a snap.

With a swift movement, Fubuki delivered a resounding slap to Changchun's bottom, her hand dripping with resentment.

"Eek!!" Changchun was suddenly attacked by a blizzard and screamed in surprise, "Blizzard, you..."

"Idiot! You lecherous oppa!!! Traitor!! Fubuki won't lose to you!!! Waa ...

After Fubuki slapped Changchun, she transformed into a blue lightning bolt and ran back to the destroyer in the blink of an eye.

"Huh???" Changchun covered his butt, looking around in a daze, completely unaware of what had happened.

……

"Glug glug glug glug..." Wisconsin tilted her head back, gulped down the entire glass of juice, and then slammed the glass back onto the table. "Ha—"

Wisconsin's face was flushed, and tears streamed down her face. She threw down her wine glass and opened her arms to hug Saratoga, who was sipping her juice from a straw.

"Wow!!! Why is my sister like that?! Waaaaah!"

Wisconsin hugged Saratoga tightly, pressing her flushed, hot little face against Saratoga's chest as if she wanted to burrow into it.

While sipping her juice, Saratoga patted Wisconsin on the shoulder with one hand, indicating that she had also encountered a lot of issues with her sister's character lately, and that she understood them all.

"Hahaha—Wisconsin, so you can get drunk from drinking juice?" Enterprise sat on the other side of Wisconsin and couldn't help but laugh at Wisconsin's roguish behavior.

"This is what they call getting drunk on your own, not on the wine! Waaah—" Wisconsin and Saratoga huddled together for warmth.

"So getting drunk is something you can do whenever you want! Sounds like fun! Me too!" Enterprise started gulping down his drink.

"Wow----"

The company breathed out a sigh of relief and, mimicking Wisconsin's voice, rushed towards the two people huddled together for warmth.

Laughter, tears, and silence mingled together for a moment.

The shock was so intense it gave me a headache.

“…” Tirpitz, sitting next to the company, couldn’t help but lower his head and cover his ears with his hands.

sometimes.

Tirpitz felt he might be the last normal person in the world.

Oh no.

The last two.

Tirpitz turned his gaze to the last person on the table.

Xiaobai held a juice in her hands, looking at Tirpitz and the ship girls who were in a mess around her with a smile.

"...This juice of yours is alcohol-free, right?" Tirpitz asked Little White.

"Hmm?" Xiaobai was taken aback. She picked up the juice package in her hand, looked carefully at the ingredient list, and shook her head at Tirpitz. "No, it's pure juice!"

"That's good." Tirpitz's face showed a look of exhaustion.

"...Tirpitz doesn't like such lively scenes? You seemed so energetic at the comic convention." Xiaobai smiled at Tirpitz.

“A comic convention is a comic convention, it’s the same as a girl making room in her stomach for strawberry cake.” Tirpitz rested her chin on her hand. “So troublesome… I want to go home.”

Chapter 1208 Little White's Three Circles (Part 2)

"Ah... after all, there aren't any games to play here..." Xiaobai laughed awkwardly. "Speaking of which, don't you hear there are a lot of game consoles confiscated at the lost and found? I heard that many of them are still unclaimed, right?"

"Well."

"Well, since no one claims it, Tirpitz, you should take it and play with it for a bit..."

"I'm tired of playing them all."

"……Eh?"

“I’ve completed them all.” Tirpitz yawned.

"……"noob.

Xiao Bai never expected Tirpitz to act so quickly.