Elder brother's garrison

"...It's right next to Iowa."

"Great."

"Um... well, Saratoga is sleeping on the sofa too, don't roll over on her..."

“Missouri understands.” Missouri nodded with a smile.

Missouri walked over to Iowa, and the two sisters sat down close together, exchanging a smile.

Lexington carried the tea set to the sofa and poured a cup of hot tea for Missouri and Iowa respectively.

Even a novice would find it time-consuming to handle the daily work of the naval base.

Taking over the world's tenth naval base will require a considerable amount of effort.

Besides the two squads of ship girls that Duan Shuiliu brought to Chapter Six, there were many other ship girls that Duan Shuiliu entrusted to Xiaobai. They were all stationed in Duan Shuiliu's naval base and did not accompany her to the expedition to Chapter Six.

These ship girls will arrive at the newbie naval base after some time.

start working.

Once she got into the swing of things, Xiaobai methodically and quickly finished up the work that had accumulated from her previous expeditions to the naval base. She then made time to arrange dormitories and file transfers for the new ship girls she brought back this time. Finally, she made time to make clear arrangements for the remaining ship girls from the Duanshuiliu Naval Base who would be arriving at the newbie naval base before finally putting down her work.

Between looking down and looking up.

It was already close to afternoon.

The setting sun cast a golden glow.

Xiao Bai first glanced at the direction of the sofa in the office, where he saw Iowa and the Missouri man holding cups of hot tea, sitting there quietly with their chests out and eyes closed, looking relaxed and at ease.

"Xiaobai, how's the planning document coming along?" Lexington handed Xiaobai a cup of hot tea and asked softly.

"Yes, it's basically finished."

"This is quite a thick stack of plans today." Lexington looked at the thick stack of plans in front of Xiaobai, gestured, and then gently picked it up and flipped through a few pages. "Oh my... quite a few new sisters. Xiaobai, you seem to have gained a lot in Chapter Six this time."

"Ah... um." Xiaobai nodded.

Come to think of it, Lexington seems to be completely unaware that he has incorporated the Tenth Garrison.

Ok……

Speaking of it.

I haven't even included the Deep Sea Taihou that I handed over to Chairman Er Gou yet.

The naval base seems to be getting crowded again...

“Actually, there are even more,” Xiaobai said to Lexington.

"More?" Lexington was taken aback. "The number of ship girls?"

"Hmm." Xiaobai nodded, gesturing slightly towards Lexington. "Speaking of which, Lexington, actually, regarding this matter..."

"what's wrong?"

"Lexington, have you ever considered... um, maybe we should build a few more dormitories or something?"

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"Build more dormitory buildings?"

Holding the planning sheet that Xiaobai had finished writing, Lexington weighed it in her hand with some doubt and said, "Xiaobai, if I remember correctly... didn't our naval base just finish an expansion recently?"

“Yeah…” Xiaobai responded softly.

"After the last expansion, we have two more dormitory buildings. After merging Akashi's naval base with the ship girls from the world's second-largest naval base, there are still many empty rooms in the naval base's dormitory buildings, right?"

"That's what I mean..." Xiaobai nodded awkwardly.

“There are quite a few empty rooms—I think there should be more than enough to accommodate these new sisters.”

Lexington gently patted the file in his arms and said to Little White.

"That's right..."

Xiaobai looked at Lexington with an embarrassed expression.

Lexington stared at Little White for a moment with her eyes open.

A few seconds later.

Lexington let out a soft "ah," as if suddenly realizing something.

"...Xiaobai, you...you're not going to tell me that you've actually hooked up with a lot of other new girls, are you?"

"...Well, not that many..."

After being exposed by Lexington, Xiaobai scratched his head sheepishly and muttered under his breath.

"...I knew it...that's how it is."

"...I'm sorry..."

"Hmm? There's nothing to apologize for, after all, it's a good thing that the naval base is getting lively."

“No…” Xiaobai shook his head, “That Lexington, this time, seems… a little different from before. Although I’m not entirely sure why, I still feel I have to apologize to you…”

Lexington stood frozen in place.

Lexington pondered Xiaobai's words.

The kind of ship-farming frenzy that even a novice like me would apologize for my actions towards the secretary ship...

This is a bit unusual.

"..." In an instant, Lexington, sensing from Xiaobai's expression and words that this ship salvage operation was unusual, looked down at the documents in his arms for a while, then looked at Xiaobai with a strange expression, "...Xiaobai, besides these, how many other new sisters are there this time?"

Xiao Bai glanced at the file in Lexington's arms.

Xiao Bai briefly recalled the file sheets of the 10th Naval Base ship girls that Duan Shuiliu had given him, and then spoke to Lexington.

"These... if we exclude these, there are probably several large squadrons of ship girls..."

"Only a few squadrons of ship girls... that's alright, with that number, there's still plenty of room in the naval base..."

"And hundreds of fully-formed Deep Sea Deans."

"..."

Lexington swallowed the word "more" that was about to come out of his mouth.

Lexington remained silent.

Lexington miscalculated.

"Several...hundreds? Deep Sea...Dean?"

Even Lexington was surprised at this moment. She held the file in her hand and asked with some difficulty.

"Hmm. But it's okay! They shouldn't all arrive here at the same time!"

"As for the ship girls, Sister Duan should be back at the naval base soon, and then she'll have them come over. As for the Abyssal Deans, the Guild Master can't bring them all at once, so she'll have to send them over in several batches..." Xiaobai nodded as she spoke to Lexington, "Oh, by the way, those Abyssal Deans are actually very well-behaved. They're called Abyssal Taihou, and they're incredibly obedient, even more so than Abyssal Musashi, so there's absolutely no need to worry about them!"

"...Sister Duan?"

"Sister Duan is... that Sister Duan from the Military Police. She's also the admiral of the world's tenth naval base. Well, she's already handed over the ship girls in her base to me... and the ship girls from the Military Police are also mine now. The other ship girls from Sister Duan's base should arrive here in a few days..."

As Xiaobai counted on his fingers, he spoke to Lexington.

That feeling is like a lowly office worker reporting their business trip results to their boss.

but.

Clearly, this time, the performance of the junior office worker was truly astounding.

So much so that Xiaobai hadn't even finished speaking this time.

Lexington, who was standing frozen in place, suddenly swayed. She held her forehead and suddenly lost her balance, then made as if she was about to fall onto Little White.

"Huh??" Little White quickly reached out to Lexington, "Lexington, what's wrong?!"

With a thud.

At the last minute, Lexington managed to slip the parchment document back onto Xiaobai's desk.

Lexington's soft body sank into Little White's arms like ginger milk curd.

"Lexington? Lexington?!"

"I...I'm fine."

Lexington rubbed his forehead, looked up, and gave Xiaobai a forced smile. "I just suddenly felt a little short of breath."

"...Can ship girls also suffer from oxygen deprivation?"

“…Phew.” Lexington held Xiaobai’s hands and let out a soft breath. She sorted out the information in her mind and gently squeezed Xiaobai’s arm twice. “Xiaobai, you mean that this time when you went to Chapter Six, you not only brought back all the ship girls from the world’s tenth naval base and the military police, but you also secretly rescued the Abyssal Deans who were supposed to be fighting Chapter Six, and finally even tricked the head of the Abyssal Deans, Abyssal Yamato, into becoming your marriage ship…”

"Uh……"

Do not know why.

Lexington explained his actions in this way.

Why did Xiaobai suddenly have a feeling that he had done something amazing?

anyway.

I actually got first place in the sixth chapter event.

Lexington, however, seems to have ignored it.

I suddenly feel a little sad.

"Yeah, that's about it...."

Little White nodded to Lexington.

"..." Lexington sighed, taking a deep breath. She quickly accepted the fact, stood up from Xiaobai's arms, picked up the folder on Xiaobai's desk, and gently flipped through it. "Then the naval base really should be expanded again..."

"Hey Lexington, have you accepted it...?"

"Whether you accept it or not, these are the facts before us." Lexington smiled helplessly, clutching the folder in her hand, her eyes filled with a hint of resentment as she looked at Xiaobai. "As expected, Xiaobai, you still prefer to see me being bullied."

"..." Xiaobai turned her gaze away. "Then, how should we expand it?"

"Anyway, the construction team we contacted last time said they'd give us some discounts next time. It's good to be a repeat customer. The surrounding land is mostly empty because it's along the deep sea, so building a few more buildings won't be a big deal." Lexington is Lexington after all. He brushed aside the fact that building houses is a major undertaking that will drain his wallet, saying, "Leave it to me."

"Ah, thank you, Lexington!"

"It's a good thing that the naval base will become lively in every sense of the word." Lexington murmured to himself, holding the folder in his hands. "Luckily, I'm used to Yamato and the others now. Otherwise, when you said you were going to bring back hundreds of Deep Sea Deans, I might have been scared out of my wits."

"Uh... I'm sorry..." Xiaobai lowered her head awkwardly.

The last expansion of the newbie naval base was entirely handled by the chief architect, Lexington, so the newbie is quite confident that Lexington will take on this expansion task.

It's getting late.

The sun, heavy and dim, cast a yellowish hue on the horizon.

Lexington took her seat on her secretary ship and began working on the expansion project.

"Xiaobai, it's very late now, you can go home now."

"Oh, so Lexington, you..."

"I just wrote a short introduction to the plan for the expansion of the naval base and left."

Lexington smiled at Little White.

"Oh... okay." Xiaobai nodded. "Then Lexington should take care to rest..."

"Thank you." Lexington's lips curled into a slight smile. "But Little White, please don't comfort me at a time like this."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"Your words of comfort will give me even more motivation, so much so that I can't stop working."

As Lexington spoke, he pulled out a pair of elegant black-rimmed glasses, put them on, and gave Little White a determined look.

"……"noob.

In short, after tidying up the documents on his desk and saying goodbye to Lexington and Saratoga, who was still fast asleep, Xiaobai left the office with Missouri and Iowa.

The dim sunset painted the office building corridors a reddish-yellow hue.