Elder brother's garrison

Bumblebee remained silent for a few seconds.

"Honestly... you should have told me what you were going to do with my B25 earlier..." Bumblebee muttered sullenly. "You had to just take it like before... without telling me anything else... I'm not that petty..."

"what……"

After listening to Bumblebee's monologue, Little White suddenly had a realization.

Xiaobai previously thought that Bumblebee was simply stingy and didn't want to hand over her B25. Now, it seems that the reason Bumblebee doesn't want to hand over B25 is simply because the newbie naval base has never told her the reason or where B25 is.

Xiao Bai let out a sigh of relief.

"Then, Hornet, starting next time, I will ask the people who borrow your carrier-based aircraft to tell you exactly where the B-25 is when they borrow it!"

"How can there be a next time?!" Bumblebee's fur bristled, but he quickly calmed down. He turned around, pouting, and looked at Whitebeard behind him, who was smiling and clasping his hands together. He glanced around awkwardly. "...But thank you anyway, Admiral."

Little White walked out of the living room and left his home in Yorktown.

Outside my home in Yorktown.

Lexington was leaning against the railing, looking out the window at the view.

"Hmm? Little White, have you finished talking with Bumblebee?" Lexington smiled at Little White.

"Okay. We're done talking." Xiaobai nodded.

"The company didn't come out with you."

“She was going to come out with me, but before she left, Bumblebee stopped Enterprise and said she had something to say to her and couldn’t come with me, so I came out alone.” Little White said to Lexington, raising his eyebrows slightly. “Oh right, Lexington.”

"What is it?"

"Next time you ask Bumblebee for B25, remember to tell her where B25 is," Little White said. "Actually, Bumblebee doesn't mind if we take B25, she just minds if we don't tell her anything after we take it."

“Oh…oh. Hmm, okay.” Lexington paused for a few seconds, then smiled knowingly and nodded slightly. “I’ll tell you next time.”

"By the way, why didn't you tell her this before, Lexington?"

"Taking someone's treasure and then going to her and explaining in detail how to use it... I thought that was really going too far." Lexington stuck her tongue out at Little White.

"……"noob.

After waiting a while at the door of the Yorktown house, but Enterprise still didn't come out, Xiaobai and Lexington, feeling that they wouldn't be able to wait for Enterprise any longer, left the aircraft carrier dormitory building.

After going downstairs, Xiaobai and Lexington found an open space and stuffed the remaining three B-25s into Xiaobai's ship rig.

The collection of divine gear is now complete.

Xiaobai put away the ship's equipment and walked back towards the office building with Lexington.

Before Xiaobai and Lexington even reached the center of the square, they saw two figures, one white and one green, one short and one tall, one small and one large, walking towards Xiaobai from the center of the square.

"Veneto, Rome?" Xiaobai waved to the figure in the distance.

Upon seeing Little White and Lexington, Veneto and Roma also jogged over as if they had spotted their target.

"Admiral!! We just went to your office looking for you. Boss Renown said you came to the carrier dormitory, so I came over!" Roma looked extremely excited. She ran several steps ahead of Veneto to Little White's side, grabbed Little White's arm, and pleaded with him, pulling his arm into her arms. "Admiral, Admiral, please, please hit me one more time, just one more time, okay!"

"???"noob.

This was the first time in Xiaobai's life that he had heard such a strange request.

"Admiral, Rome activated its skill right after our exercise." Veneto arrived at Xiaobai's side a step behind Rome, and added with a wry smile.

"Huh? The skill has been activated??"

"Hmm, it seems she was shocked by your powerful defense, Admiral, so she activated some switches and seems to have grasped a skill that can attack heavy defenses. However, since it's just a glimmer, she hasn't fully mastered it yet." Veneto said, a hint of apology appearing on his face. "So, could you please have another drill with Rome, Admiral? Don't hold back, just beat her up again with all your might, beat her as badly as possible until she's knocked out of her mind."

"Uh……"

Little White stared blankly at Rome, who was hugging his arm and had stars in his eyes.

"Well, since it concerns the activation of skills... well, it's possible."

"Yay!!" Roma excitedly raised her hands upon hearing Xiaobai's promise. "Thank you, Admiral! Thank you, Admiral! Thank you, Big Sister! Thank you, Big Sister!"

Roma happily hugged Veneto and spun him around in circles.

Little White looked at the happy Rome and scratched his cheek.

This is the first person Xiaobai has ever met in his life who is so happy even though he knows he's about to be beaten.

Veneto made sure Roma suffered as badly as possible...

Uh……

Ok……

Have they exhausted all means?

Chapter 1256 Tui!

Among the ship girls in Xiaobai's game, Rome is indeed considered exceptionally talented.

Rome's extraordinary talent lies in her exceptionally strong masochistic spirit. No matter how arduous the training or how unequal the battle, she can persevere from beginning to end and grow stronger at a terrifying speed.

If we really had to categorize it...

Rome is actually a super genius, but she is different from geniuses with MAX learning ability in the ordinary sense. Rome's talent points are basically all put into getting beaten up.

For Rome, who practiced with Veneto for three hundred rounds every day, being utterly crushed by their opponents in battle was already the norm. The important thing was not winning or losing, but what they could learn from their defeats.

The principle is actually quite simple.

That's how it is this time.

Although Rome narrowly lost to Iniesta in the exercise, thanks to Iniesta's artillery barrage, Rome finally managed to vaguely grasp the clues to activating the skill after the defeat.

Skills are a very important thing for a ship girl.

Even new ship girls in a naval base wouldn't take their skills lightly.

In order to seize this hard-won opportunity to unlock her skill, even though Roma usually complained endlessly about training, she was overjoyed and eagerly came to Xiaobai, begging Xiaobai to beat her up again.

Since the goal is to help ship girls unlock their skills, Xiaobai, as the admiral, is naturally happy to contribute his efforts.

However, what Veneto just said, that he had to use every trick in the book... made Xiaobai take notice.

They've used every trick in the book...

Although I understand Veneto's intention in using this word, it's to discourage the younger generation from feeling guilty and from bullying Rome.

However, the phrase "using every means possible" has a rather special meaning for today's novices.

Xiao Bai glanced at Roma, who was hugging and spinning around with Veneto, and went through the scene in his mind a few times.

“Lexington.” Little White turned his head and asked Lexington.

"Hmm? What's wrong with Xiaobai?" Lexington responded.

"Ahem... Um." Xiaobai coughed lightly twice, then glanced around sheepishly, stood on tiptoe, covered her mouth, and whispered to Lexington, "Hey Lexington, do you have a quick guide on how to fly a plane?"

"Hmm?" Lexington was taken aback at first upon hearing Xiaobai's words, but when her gaze shifted to Rome, who was completely unaware of her predicament, a knowing smile appeared on Lexington's face. "Oh..."

Lexington understood what Little White was going to do.

Lexington lowered his head, also avoiding Rome and Veneto like Xiaobai, and whispered in Xiaobai's ear, "If it's about aircraft formation, bombing angles, and takeoff and landing techniques, I can teach you a trick or two..."

"Is there a way to enable people who can't control airplanes to control them freely?" Xiaobai heard Lexington's words and a glimmer of hope suddenly ignited in his heart.

"Hmm... this is a basic skill for ship girls, just like the training level of ship equipment. It's not a matter of technique, but a basic quality that must be improved through diligent practice day and night." To Xiaobai's disappointment, Lexington shook her head, indicating that there was no such shortcut.

"Uh... okay." Xiaobai sighed in disappointment.

Xiao Bai can't even do the normal take-off control of carrier-based aircraft properly. It seems that she is the kind of aircraft carrier novice with terrible basic skills. Sure enough, the start-up of carrier-based aircraft still depends on the will of the deep sea.

It's really frustrating to have divine equipment but not be able to use it freely.

"Hmm? Admiral, what's wrong?" Rome noticed Xiaobai's dejected look and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Um...did my request put you in a difficult position, Admiral...?"

"No, no." Xiaobai quickly waved her hand, straightening her posture slightly. "Speaking of which, Rome, what did you mean by telling me to use all my methods?"

"Admiral, you can beat her however you want," Veneto said to Xiaobai.

"Yes, Admiral, feel free to beat me up!!" Roma patted his chest, looking at Little White with excitement. "Don't hold back, beat me up hard!"

"……"noob.

When it comes to skills, even Rome has started to openly reveal its masochistic tendencies.

To be told by such a beautiful woman in such an excited manner that the admiral should give me a good beating is probably a once-in-a-lifetime experience in human society.

Being an admiral is indeed a terrifying profession.

The exercise was of utmost importance. After Rome indicated that she was ready, the group did not linger and headed straight for the exercise field.

On the training ground.

Yubari squatted inside the instrument, diligently recording the data displayed on it.

On the sea, Missouri and Iowa each deployed their massive ship-mounted gun turrets, firing thunderously at a moving target in the distance.

Seemingly hearing the footsteps of the group, Yubari, who was squatting inside the instrument, raised her head and turned around.

"Hmm, Roma and the others found you, Admiral?" Yubari waved to Shiro.

"Uh... um." Xiaobai nodded shyly, "After all, it's giving Rome the opportunity to unlock her skills, so of course I have to help."

"Admiral is such a good person." Yubari grinned. "Um, I've almost finished testing the ship equipment for the Missouri and Iowa. Admiral, would you mind if I watched your exercise with Roma one more time?"

“…I don’t mind.”

"Thanks!" Yubari clapped her hands happily. "Then Admiral, please wait a few minutes while I finish Missouri and the others' final test."

"Ok."

With Shiro's promise, Yubari seemed to be recharged, and her movements became even faster. She paced back and forth, whispering words like "hurry up, hurry up" to the instrument. Finally, she hurriedly recorded the last set of data displayed by the instrument, then lay on the concrete of the training field, bent over, and verified the calculations for a while before finally uploading the data with the results to her laptop.

"It's over, Admiral." Yubari pulled out a printer from among the various instruments, took out a form from the printer, and handed it to Shiro. "This is the test result of the Iowa ship equipment. It is indeed a top-notch ship equipment. According to the tests in various aspects, the standards for salary and benefits are also recorded here."

"Thank you for your help, Yubari." Shiro took the form that Yubari handed over.

Lexington and Veneto seemed a bit curious about the form as well. They approached Xiaobai from two different directions and glanced at the form in his hand from above and below.

At first glance, Xiaobai noticed the exaggerated figures on Iowa's salary.

This is truly an exaggerated number that left Xiaobai speechless.

"Wow... As expected of Iowa." Lexington looked at Iowa's data spreadsheet with considerable surprise.

“That’s quite an impressive number,” Veneto said, rubbing his chin. “How many Saratoga’s were there again?”

“Yubari’s data should be fine,” Lexington smiled.

"After all, Iowa is a super famous battleship, so her fame has a lot to do with it. That's why the higher-ups were quite generous with the funding they allocated to her." Yubari snorted twice. "But as a price, you might get a lot of reporters interviewing you, Admiral. After all, the whole world knows that you've collected three Iowa-class super battleships."

"I... will be careful."

Little White couldn't help but recall the time when Missouri entered her naval base and caused turmoil in human society. She shrank back in fear, swallowed hard, and then folded Iowa's form and handed it to Lexington beside her.

Anyway.

At least from now on.

The world's first Iowa is already an officially recognized ship girl. At least when buying clothes, she won't be in the embarrassing situation of not having a ship girl ID and being unable to even get a VIP card.

Yubari called Missouri and Iowa back to shore from the sea.

After exchanging brief greetings with the two ship girls, Shiro and Roma once again stepped onto the training field.

On the sea, Xiaobai and Roma maintained the necessary distance for the exercise, gazing at each other from afar.

Looking at Rome, which had shrunk to a tiny size due to the distance, Xiaobai, who had released his ship equipment, touched his chest and took a deep breath.

Xiao Bai's mission this time is simple: to crush Rome by any means necessary.

On the other side of the sea, after finding his position, Rome bent down with complete concentration, bracing himself on the water's surface, assuming a starting stance for a 100-meter sprint. This was the only method Rome had learned in the last exercise to dodge Little White's laser cannon blasts.

"So ambitious..." Xiaobai looked at Rome in the distance and couldn't help but smile, then looked up at her ship equipment.

The top of the land-based shipboard equipment.

A massive crystal beast head, its mouth filled with blazing ice flames, stares at distant Rome as if it possesses a spirit.

"If the goal is to defeat Rome as ruthlessly as possible... then it's probably better to have the Will of the Deep Sea take action..." Little White murmured, tentatively waving at the beast head above his head, "After all, I can't just back out..."

"he~tui!"

A mechanical cough was heard.