Elder brother's garrison

That's right.

Seeing Kent's downcast face, Xiaobai briefly recalled the ship girl Kent.

Talk about it.

Kent, this ship girl, does seem to have a history of keeping a Bengal tiger in captivity...

Ship girls' equipment is indeed a very interesting form of weaponry. What makes it interesting is that sometimes, while creating ship girls, some interesting little animals also appear.

For example, Oscar, the proud black cat in Bismarck's house, and the little white cat in Hood's house, whose ginger fish cakes I've never seen at the same time.

The appearance of these small animals is probably because in human history, some ships, in order to seek some good luck, or to bring some comfort and companionship to long journeys and wars, would occasionally discuss with the sailors the choice of bringing a small animal on board.

Ship girls are, after all, beings that embody human history and legends. When they leave the construction facility, they sometimes bring along these little animals along with them because of the legends and history.

Of course, these little animals don't actually help the ship girls' combat power at all, but they did come out of the construction device with their ship girls after all. As companion life forms, they are much smarter and more understanding than ordinary small animals, so most ship girls won't refuse these Easter egg-like existences. If they have a few cats, dogs or other small animals with them, they simply keep these animals at home.

Xiaobai naturally understands the principle.

—But why would someone in history bring a ferocious tiger onto a ship?

This is just too bizarre in every sense of the word!

Is this because they think their naval life isn't exciting enough?

What kind of incredibly brave people could have done something so terrible?!

Isn't it good to have a cat?! Isn't it good to have an adorable and charming kitten?!

After much deliberation.

Looking at Kent, who was standing next to the big tiger with his head down, and the big tiger, who was watching him with calm eyes, Xiaobai was speechless.

"Admiral... well, actually, this big tiger used to be a very small and cute little cub before I modified it. But after I modified it, something seemed off about it. It grew incredibly fast; it's grown huge in just a short time." Kent bowed to Little White apologetically. "I usually keep it at home and don't let it go out..."

"...Tiger...is fine, no, nothing's wrong..." Shiro covered his forehead, forced a smile at Kent, and said, "But...even though Taihou isn't hurt either, remember to check on her after she wakes up..."

"Ah! Thank you, Admiral!" Kent looked at Little White and nodded gratefully.

Xiaobai and Missouri exchanged a glance.

"Since they are the ship girls' pets... then I can rest assured. At least these ship girls' pets are all very smart, so there shouldn't be any troublesome situations..." Xiaobai murmured.

"Even so, Missouri is rather curious as to why this Senior Tiger would appear in front of the office building."

"Huh?" Xiaobai was taken aback. "Oh right, why is this tiger in front of the office building?"

Thinking about this, Xiaobai suddenly felt something was strange. She quickly took three steps at a time to the front of the office building and pushed the door open.

A crunch.

The office building is open.

Then, amidst the sounds of birdsong and the fragrance of flowers, something came into Xiaobai's view.

It is a dazzling zoo.

Chapter 1238 The Genealogy of New Orleans

The office building of the newbie naval base is very tall and large, with many rooms. However, apart from the admiral's office, these rooms are basically unused. Most of them are used to store miscellaneous items, place files and documents, or simply become collection rooms.

The first floor of the naval headquarters, usually occupied by newbies, had become a spacious hall, much like the first floor of the Admiral's Guild, due to the lack of visitors. The red carpet and elegant lighting gave the hall a rustic and refined feel, and every time Xiaobai came here, he felt as if he had stepped into some unknown little castle.

But this time.

When Xiaobai pushed open the door of the newbie garrison office building.

What first caught Xiaobai's eye was a dense "jungle".

Standing outside the door, Xiaobai looked around the entire first-floor lobby and saw that it was filled with all kinds of potted plants, from ordinary flowers and grasses to exquisite and elegant potted landscapes, and even rows of small bamboo groves, large bathtubs, and private ponds.

As Xiaobai pushed open the door and entered the hall, a series of rustling sounds immediately came from among the various plants in the hall.

Various small animals, with their bright and intelligent eyes, slowly emerged from the shadows of the plants with light and quick steps. Most of these animals were cats, but there were also some rather unusual ones, such as ground squirrels, eagles, hamsters, and chicks.

These little pets emerged from the bushes in a remarkably uniform fashion, each stopping in front of their respective groves, potted plants, and bathtubs/ponds, occasionally lowering their heads to peck at their fur and lick their little paws.

"...Wow." Little White stared wide-eyed at the scene before him.

what happened?

Is this...is this a scene from an animal documentary?

"Gah!"

Just as Xiaobai was in a daze, he saw an eagle perched on a bamboo tip flapping its wings and letting out a cry as it flew towards Xiaobai from among the group of small animals.

Xiao Bai instinctively reached out to catch it.

However, the eagle flew directly over Xiaobai's head and flew behind him.

With a flutter, the eagle landed on the raised finger of a ship girl not far behind Xiaobai.

Silver hair, blank expression, and a cool black leather jacket.

It's Essex.

"Caw! Essex! You're too late!" The eagle's talons gripped Essex's fingers tightly, flapping its wings incessantly. "Too late! Too late!"

"I'm sorry," Essex murmured softly, then reached out and rubbed the eagle's head with her other hand, calming the agitated eagle that was shedding feathers all over the ground.

Seeing that Little White was staring blankly at him, Essex slowly pulled the proud eagle in his hand back a little.

“Before setting off, Bald Eagle contracted bird flu, so we asked Mrs. Leigh to take care of him,” Essex explained to Little White.

“Essex, I already said it’s just a common cold! I’m not the same kind of creature as those ordinary poultry! I’m obviously much more noble than ordinary poultry!” Hearing this, the bald eagle, head held high, seemed to have had some strange switch flipped. It flapped its large wings and slapped Essex’s head repeatedly. “And what’s this bird flu? That’s not a minor illness, you know!”

"Oh." Essex seemed to have heard her, yet also seemed not to. She turned her head to look at the bald eagle. "Bald eagle, are you better from your bird flu?"

"Hmph, of course I'm at my peak right now." The bald eagle puffed out its chest.

“Great.” Essex pressed the bald eagle’s head and placed it on his shoulder.

Xiaobai stared at Essex and the eagle on her shoulder, then shifted her gaze to the ship girls behind her.

Among the novice ship girls in the naval base behind Xiaobai, many of them were rubbing their hands together and looking at Xiaobai shyly, each with a bashful smile.

"Could it be... that all these pets and potted plants in the hall were... entrusted to Lexington to take care of before you left?"

"Yes..." A broken voice came from the ship girl team of the newbie naval base.

"Oh, I see..." Xiaobai finally realized.

Many of the ship girls who are new to the naval base come with pets from the start. These pets don't usually provide any positive assistance to the ship girls' combat power, so the ship girls generally don't take their pets to fight in dangerous deep-sea areas. Therefore, before leaving, they will ask ship girls they are on good terms with to take care of them until they return.

In this sixth chapter of Xiaobai's expedition, the number of ship girls she took with her filled several vans. The ship girls who usually helped take care of the pets also went with Xiaobai, leaving these ship girls' pets all alone.

The departing ship girls are worried about their pets, so they can only find a reliable and kind ship girl among the ship girls left behind at the newbie naval base. This ship girl usually takes care of the small flowers and grass, and is gentle and considerate and gets along well with small animals.

—Then you see.

That's Lexington.

Lexington is kind and gentle, and she gets along well with all the ship girls in the naval base, regardless of age. She also has extensive experience taking care of Saratoga, the mischievous girl. Recently, she has taken a break and has become obsessed with gardening. The ship girls trust her the most when they entrust their pets to her.

There's nothing wrong with this idea.

The problem is that all the ship girls think this way.

Xiao Bai turned around and looked at the spectacular sight of the entire first-floor lobby.

So it turns out that Lexington also served as the zoo director when she went to war.

It truly lives up to its name, Lexington.

"Well, now that everyone's back, let's take our pets and potted plants back with us..." Xiaobai said to the ship girls behind her.

The ship girls quickly responded and then ran in different directions in the hall to pick up their pets.

These ship girls probably didn't realize that everyone had chosen Lexington as their caretaker. Given Lexington's temperament, she wouldn't refuse the ship girls' requests to go on expeditions, even if the number of animals she needed to take care of was almost enough to open a zoo, in order to ensure that everyone could go on expeditions with peace of mind.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai couldn't help but feel a little moved.

Lexington... she's fighting in her own way...

Feeling emotional.

"Meow--"

A cat's meow suddenly rang out from near Xiaobai's feet.

Little White looked down and saw Oscar the black cat sitting at Little White's feet, looking up at him.

"Ah? Oscar, you're here too..." Little White squatted down, put his hands under Oscar's armpits with his two front paws, and picked up the soft Oscar.

"Meow--"

Oscar's upper body was lifted up by Xiaobai, making the whole cat look like a long, black noodle, stretched out very long.

Little White stared in amazement at Oscar's suddenly much longer body and instinctively lifted its rear end.

Oscar's body returned to its original state like a spring.

Oscar stretched his head, brought his nose close to Little White's face and sniffed, then broke free from Little White's hands, climbed up Little White's arms to Little White's shoulders, carefully turned around twice, and then, seemingly dissatisfied with Little White's shoulders being too narrow, Oscar climbed onto Little White's head, jumped onto Bismarck behind Little White, and then, stepping on Bismarck's ample chest, jumped onto her shoulders. Only then did he sit down contentedly and begin licking his paws.

"...Bismarck, you've also entrusted Oscar to Lexington's care, huh..." Little White smiled at Bismarck.

“Yes, Hood is coming with us this time too.” Bismarck nodded.

"Uh... speaking of Hood... are Hood's two cats also staying here in Lexington?"

“She said no.” Bismarck shook her head.

"Huh? Did you ask someone else to do it?"

“She didn’t say,” Bismarck replied.

“…Oh.” Xiaobai nodded. “Then that should be it.”

Hood truly lives up to her reputation as one of the most mature elders in the rookie naval base; she even considered that Lexington would take care of many small animals, so she deliberately didn't ask her for help...

I should learn more from Hu De in the future.

Xiao Bai thought with admiration.

"Can I touch it? Just once, just once! Please..." Just then, another familiar voice reached Xiaobai's ears.

Not far from Xiaobai, Enterprise was bending over with a lovesick expression, circling around a green-haired ship girl who was raising her hand, panting heavily.

The green-haired ship girl covered her hand, looking at Enterprise with an embarrassed expression, appearing quite troubled.

I'm quite familiar with that green-haired ship girl surrounded by the company. She's a heavy cruiser from the newbie naval base, named New Orleans Chicken... oops, New Orleans.

This ship girl is Quincy's older sister. She is quite gentle and considerate, and upon closer inspection, she is also particularly cute and beautiful. Xiaobai has spoken with this ship girl a few times and has a good impression of her.

To be honest, Xiaobai only realized now that most of the ship girls he was close to seemed to be battleships, aircraft carriers, and destroyers, and that he didn't seem to be particularly close to many of the heavy cruiser ship girls in the naval base.

"Just take a look, I really just want to take a look, I've never seen a hamster before! I promise I'll just take a look, please!" Enterprise pleaded with New Orleans, raising his hands.

New Orleans looked at his clasped hands with a troubled expression, appearing very conflicted and conflicted.

"Enterprise." Xiaobai waved to the enterprise.

"Huh? Admiral!" Enterprise turned around and looked at Shiro. "What's wrong?"

"Enterprise, have you seen Bai Ying?" Xiao Bai waved and asked. "It's her first time entering the garrison headquarters, she might be a little shy."

"Bai Ying!" Enterprise's eyes lit up. As if entrusted with a critical mission, he scanned the lobby a few times before his gaze settled on Bai Ying, who was leaning against the door eating a roasted sweet potato. "It's alright, leave the task of training the newcomers to me, Enterprise!"

"That's great, thank you so much! Thank you for your help!"

"okay--"

The company instantly transformed into a golden light, carrying a strong sense of excitement, and rushed towards the entrance of the hall in a flash.

Bai Ying, who was leaning against the door chewing on a roasted sweet potato, was staring idly at the ship girls and small animals in the hall when Enterprise rushed over. Bai Ying felt a pressure, her whole body trembled, her face turned pale, and she immediately noticed Enterprise running towards her.

"Eek!" Startled, Bai Ying quickly threw the roasted sweet potato at the company and then ran out the door.

Qigong leaped into the air, caught the roasted sweet potato that Bai Ying threw to him, then excitedly held it up and laughed crisply.

"Little Baiying! Your sweet potato fell!"

The enterprise grabbed the sweet potato and transformed into a small golden whirlwind, chasing after Bai Ying.

For a while.

Outside the lobby on the first floor, all that could be heard were the voices of Bai Ying and the company.