Elder brother's garrison

Yubari, who was wildly dancing and gesturing wildly, stopped. She turned her head, opened her two bright eyes, and fixed her gaze on Iowa.

Iowa came to Shiro's side and bowed slightly to Shiro and Yubari in front of Shiro.

"Iowa, this ship girl is called Yubari. She's a very skilled ship girl in our naval base. She currently works at the ship equipment research center in Kyoto, and she's the one in charge of testing your ship equipment this time," Xiaobai introduced to Iowa.

"Hello, ma'am. Please give me your guidance..."

Iowa hadn't finished speaking.

Suddenly, Yubari darted to Iowa's side and paced around Iowa's body twice.

"Wow! Wow! This is Iowa! Okay, great job! My name is Yubari, nice to meet you. Enough with the small talk, come with me and let's get down to business!" Yubari's little mouth uttered a string of words, and then, without waiting for Iowa's reply, she grabbed Iowa's arm, breathed on it, and pulled Iowa towards the training ground.

"Admiral! I'm going to get Iowa tested right now!!" Yubari shouted back to Shiro as he ran with Iowa in tow.

"Yubari is really impatient..." Shiro smiled helplessly as she watched Iowa and Yubari shrink into two tiny dots in the blink of an eye, but said nothing and just waved to them.

“Speaking of which, Missouri.” Little White looked at Missouri.

"Admiral, Missouri is here."

Was the ship you were tested with also equipped with Yubari?

“Senior Lexington said he had contacted Senior Yubari, but Senior Yubari declined due to being too busy with work,” Missouri replied.

"Huh? You canceled it?" Xiaobai was stunned for a moment, then thought for a while, "Oh...right."

Back then, Xiaobai was playing with Nia in the first chapter and hadn't met Yubari, who was far away in Kyoto. Yubari was worried that the newly appointed admiral would be heartless and order her to give up her beloved research work and return to the naval base to be a ship girl and a decorative vase. So Yubari kept putting off reporting back to the naval base.

No wonder when Lexington went to find him in the first chapter, she took him to see Yubari as well.

After talking with Yubari and agreeing to let her stay at the Kyoto Ship Equipment Research Center, Yubari no longer resisted returning to the naval base.

Thinking back on it this way...

Yubari is overthinking things.

Xiao Bai smiled.

"Okay, I see." Xiaobai smiled at Missouri. "Anyway, Yubari should be taking Iowa to test the ship equipment performance right now. Let's take the other ship girls to Lexington to report first, and then we can go back to the dormitory."

“Okay.” Missouri smiled.

After a brief pause, Xiaobai led the ship girls to continue approaching the office building.

"Ah... I'm finally home." As Xiaobai walked closer to the familiar office building, a happy smile appeared on her face at the thought of seeing Lexington soon. "Although the courtyard house in Chapter Six was nice, it's definitely better to stay at the naval base."

"It's actually a little embarrassing to be watched by so many people while taking a shower," Da Feng nodded and said. "Besides, sleeping in your own bed is the most comfortable."

“That’s what I mean…” Xiaobai nodded.

“That’s exactly what I meant,” Taiho said with a smile.

"Hahaha..." Xiaobai laughed twice.

"..."

"..."

"..."

"Huh??? Eek??? Taihou??!" Shiro exclaimed in surprise, looking at Taihou beside him.

"Admiral?" Taihou stood beside Shiro, turning her head slightly to look at him curiously. "What's wrong?"

"So you were here?!"

"I've always been here."

"Huh? But, but I didn't see you at all during the entire sixth chapter event..."

"Ah... this..." Taihou heard Shiro's words and shyly scratched her long ponytail by her ear, giving Shiro an apologetic smile. "Well, actually, when I go out, I try to avoid contact with everyone, but I'm always here, whether it's when the Admiral is eating with everyone or when we're going out to sea to fight together, I'm always here."

After speaking, Da Feng poked the air in front of her with her finger.

"Uh...why, why?"

"Well... of course it's because Taihou had bad luck... Since everyone was in such a good mood, I certainly didn't want to make them unhappy..." Taihou lowered her head, her eyes somewhat vacant as she murmured, "But seeing everyone having so much fun, even if no one noticed me, I was actually quite happy too..."

Do not know why.

Xiaobai inexplicably sensed a strong aura of lingering regret emanating from Daihou.

what happened.

This inexplicable feeling of guilt—that I had done something terrible to Daihou—was overwhelming...

Xiao Bai suddenly felt a tightness in her chest.

"I... I remember! I remember!" Xiaobai quickly grabbed Dafeng's hand and said to her, "It's okay, Dafeng is a very kind and gentle girl, no one will dislike you! Besides, luck is a very mysterious thing, no one will distance themselves from you just because they feel that getting close to you will make their luck worse, right!"

Da Feng looked up, touched, at Xiao Bai.

"Admiral... thank you..."

"You're welcome, you're welcome!" Xiaobai wiped the sweat from his brow.

"But it's okay, Admiral, you don't need to comfort me. I know everyone at the naval base is a very nice person and won't bully me." Taihou smiled happily at Shiro.

"Daifeng is such a good child..."

"Actually, I'm well aware that my presence has always been somewhat subtle... Even without deliberately hiding myself, people will inevitably forget I exist." Taihou said to Shiro with emotion, "When the previous admiral needed air superiority for his expeditions, he would sometimes subconsciously only pick from among the aircraft carrier girls, forgetting about me, the armored aircraft carrier girl..."

"...Waaaaah, Taihou is such a good boy..." Shiro was deeply moved by Taihou's gentleness. "It's okay, luck stats and all that don't matter!"

"Thank you, Admiral!"

"Dafeng, look! You've survived the whole event unscathed, without even eating a single thing!" Xiaobai cheered Dafeng on.

"The Admiral is right!" Taihou nodded, wiping away tears from the corner of her eyes. "Speaking of which, I really didn't suffer any injuries during this operation!"

"See, right? It's okay. Look, we're standing together now and nothing's wrong."

Hearing this, Da Feng was greatly encouraged. She puffed out her chest and looked ahead.

"Thank you, Admiral. I... I am full of hope for the future..."

then.

Da Feng saw a gaping, blood-red maw right in front of her.

"Huh?" Taiho was stunned and blinked.

A spotted tiger, taller than a person, was sitting in front of Da Feng with its huge mouth open.

"Ouch."

Then, right in front of Xiaobai, the big tiger took the little head of the phoenix that was brought to its mouth and put it in its mouth.

Chapter 1237 Newbie Zoo

tiger.

Large felines, majestic in appearance, with beautiful fur, tall and strong, mostly found in mountains or jungles, are large carnivores.

The enormous tiger in front of Xiaobai emerged from the office building of the newbie garrison.

It's probably because the sounds of Yubari and Shiro outside the courtyard woke the tiger from its wonderful afternoon nap, or for some other reason, that while Shiro and Taihou were chatting, the tiger somehow crawled out of the office building of the newbie naval base and squatted on the steps, watching Taihou and Shiro from afar.

It was as if by some strange twist of fate that Daihou and Shiro were so engrossed in their conversation, and the tiger was sitting obediently on the steps like a statue, that no one present noticed the huge beast that had suddenly appeared in the safe newbie garrison. As a result, Daihou inadvertently found herself right in front of the tiger's mouth.

The tiger's gaping maw was larger than Xiaobai could have imagined.

Just as Da Feng got close to the tiger, the tiger's huge mouth opened and closed in one gulp, swallowing Da Feng's entire head.

Taihou's entire body was hanging outside the tiger's mouth. Although Xiaobai knew that with the ship girl's defense, Taihou wouldn't be in any danger, just looking at it like that, Taihou's body hanging by the tiger's mouth looked really scary.

Little White stared blankly at the big tiger in front of it, mouth agape.

The big tiger also stared back at Little White with its eyes wide open, showing no ferocity whatsoever.

"what……"

"what……"

"Aaaaaaahhhhh!!! The biggest, biggest, biggest phoenix!!"

"Quick, quick, someone come quick! Taifeng's been assaulted by her senior!!"

"Come quick, someone come here! There's a senior here! There's a senior here!!"

After a few seconds of silence, Xiaobai, realizing what had happened, screamed, and the ship girls started making a ruckus, turning the entrance to the naval base into chaos.

Although Xiaobai wasn't entirely clear on the situation with this giant tiger, she assumed that although the tiger that suddenly appeared was strong, it didn't seem to have any intention of harming anyone. The ship girls rushed over and grabbed Taihou's body, quickly pulling Taihou's head out of the tiger's mouth like pulling up a radish.

A bang.

Taihou was dragged out by the ship girls and fell to the ground with a thud, her entire face covered in tiger saliva.

Da Feng's eyes had turned into the shape of mosquito coils. Although she was not injured, she seemed to be unconscious.

"Big...big tiger..." Da Feng lay on the ground, her little mouth stammering as she murmured.

The tiger, who was squatting on the steps, heard Da Feng's stammering voice. It lowered its head slightly and stuck out its big pink tongue to lick Da Feng's face.

"Mmm... Big... Tiger." Da Feng tilted her head to the side.

"Huh?? Da Feng, Da Feng, what's wrong with you, Da Feng! Da Feng, don't die, Da Feng!" Xiao Bai was startled by Da Feng's sudden silence. She quickly squatted down and shook Da Feng's body.

“Admiral, it seems that Senior Taihou just fainted from shock.” Missouri patted Shiro’s shoulder and pointed to Taihou’s slightly heaving chest. “Admiral, look, Senior Taihou is still breathing.”

"Ah...oh...I see...that scared me to death..."

Xiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

Missouri crouched down and picked up Dafeng, who had collapsed to the ground unconscious from fright.

Now that Da Feng is fine, Xiao Bai and Missouri's attention naturally returned to the big tiger.

After Taihou fell to the ground, the big tiger did not leave. Instead, it remained in the same position, squatting and watching the ship girls in front of it.

It seems.

This tiger doesn't seem to harm people, and it even seems quite intelligent.

"This tiger..." Little White stared blankly at the tiger in front of him, "Whose... is it?"

"This tiger looks really familiar..." Missouri, holding Taihou, bent down slightly and approached the tiger without any fear, staring at its face for a while.

"Hey? Missouri, do you know this tiger?"

“Hmm…Missouri seems to…” Missouri frowned and thought for a moment.

"Ah, it's mine, it's mine!" Just then, a faint shout came from the back of the ship girl formation.

Xiaobai and Missouri were taken aback and turned around.

At the very back of the ship girl group that had followed her back, a white-haired ship girl in a sailor uniform was anxiously hopping along, raising her hand and slowly making her way towards the little white ship girl in the crowd.

This ship girl is named Kent, and she is a heavy cruiser ship girl in the newbie naval base.

"Admiral, this is my family's..." Kent was at the back of the ship girls' formation and didn't know what was happening at the front. It wasn't until Taihou was scared unconscious by the tiger and the news reached the back of the formation that she hurriedly ran to the front.

"Ah... Kent?"

"Yes, Admiral!" Kent rushed to Little White in a panic. She ran apologetically to the big tiger, put her arm around its neck, and patted its head repeatedly. "Bad guy! Bad guy! Bad guy! Waaaaah..."

Kent's little hand patted the head of such a big tiger, and even though it made a loud thud, the tiger didn't feel anything. Instead, it tilted its head and rubbed its face against Kent's.

"Waaaah... Admiral, I'm so sorry... It's my pet..." Kent pouted, looking at Shiro with a guilty expression. "I... Before I left the naval base with the Admiral, I entrusted it to Mrs. Leigh's care... It's very obedient and doesn't eat people... Yes, I'm sorry for scaring Sister Taihou..."

Kent has a very soft and cute appearance. Especially with his cotton candy-like white hair, he looks incredibly delicate.

—If she weren't carrying a huge, powerful tiger with her.

"Uh..." Xiaobai looked down at Daihou, who had fainted in Missouri's arms. After gently unbuttoning Daihou's shirt and observing that there were no marks on Daihou's fair skin, only tiger saliva with a wild, animalistic smell, he smiled somewhat reluctantly. "It's...it's probably alright...Kent, you're right, this tiger doesn't hurt people..."

"Yes...yes, it's actually very affectionate. It just sometimes likes to put the other person's head in its mouth when it meets someone it really likes...I've scolded it many times..." Kent bowed apologetically to Little White.

"It's nothing...it's nothing, but Kent, where did you get this big tiger from...?"

Kent, who was bowing to Xiaobai, paused. She blushed, lowered her head, and clenched her small hands in a dilemma for a while.

"...It, it's part of my ship's equipment..."

"……"noob.

Oh wow.