Elder brother's garrison

Tirpitz isn't bad at lying; in fact, she could lie so well that even a god could fool her. But she's lazy.

I'm just too lazy to make up lies.

So when people asked Tirpitz where she got her ship equipment, she answered directly.

“…It was custom-made at home,” Little White, sitting to the side, explained for Tirpitz. “Her outfit was made at home.”

Tirpitz's already limited patience had been completely exhausted by the flashing lights of the previous ten minutes.

If Tirpitz gets impatient and immediately unleashes her ship equipment and tells him, "I am a ship girl, tell me if my outfit is original or not," the situation will get out of control.

To avoid such trouble, Xiaobai felt he should lend a hand.

"Wow, that's amazing." The contestants' attention was drawn to Xiaobai, who seemed much easier to talk to than Tirpitz. "I've seen cosplay outfits made by ourselves, but I rarely see one with such a high level of completion. You guys must have put in a lot of effort."

Xiao Bai could feel that this person's gaze was also looking at him.

However, his gaze wasn't as sharp as others'.

Perhaps it's because they were only looking at the clothes.

Xiao Bai looked at the man's face.

Her skin was very fair, and there were signs of makeup. Her eyebrows were neatly trimmed, and her pupils were large, so she was probably wearing colored contact lenses.

...Oh, this person must also be a cosplayer.

Based on what he had said earlier, Xiaobai roughly understood the identity of this contestant.

No wonder they pay more attention to clothing.

"Well...I guess so," Xiaobai replied.

If we're talking about whether they put any effort into the ship's equipment on Tirpitz... well, maybe they did put some effort into it.

You'll probably get it after building the device a few hundred thousand times.

"Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Huang Xing. I'm an amateur cosplayer, but seeing your professional cosplay, I couldn't resist coming up to say hello. I hope I didn't disturb you." Huang Xing scratched his head and said to Xiaobai and Tirpitz.

"Where are your clothes?" Xiaobai asked.

"Huh?" Huang Xing was taken aback for a moment. "Oh, you mean the cosplay outfit? I took it off and gave it to a friend for safekeeping because this outfit is relatively easy to take off. I wanted to save some trouble when I came to register. Hey? Little sister, how did you know I was cosplaying too?"

"...You're wearing makeup."

"Oh, sorry, sorry." Huang Xing scratched his head and smiled.

Huang Xing is a very handsome person, and he gives people a very comfortable feeling when he is around him.

As they were talking, another person came in from the entrance. Seeing Huang Xing standing with Xiao Bai and Tirpitz, he immediately waved.

"Hey hey hey, stop for a second, buddy!" The new guy walked up behind Huang Xing, hooked his arm around his neck, and gave him a knowing smile. "Trying to pick up girls? Why didn't you take me with you?"

"Go away, I'm talking about cosplay here, who's always being so indecent like you?" Huang Xing seemed to know this person well and joked with him, "Don't touch my face, it's hard to touch up the makeup."

"Okay, okay, I won't touch you, I won't touch you, I won't touch you." The man who came later raised his hand to indicate that he had surrendered.

"This lecherous scoundrel," Huang Xing chuckled and cursed before introducing Xiao Bai and Tirpitz, "Ah, this is my friend, Jiang Xiaohei. He's an old hand at this fighting game and brought me along to participate."

"Hello, beautiful ladies." Jiang Xiaohei seemed to be a very outgoing person, and he could even address Xiaobai, a girl who looked much younger than him, as "elder sister."

Xiao Bai quickly waved his hand.

"Are you all here to compete?" Jiang Xiaohei asked, looking at the number plates in Tirpitz's hand. "What are your numbers?"

"I didn't..." Xiaobai said, indicating that she had only come to take a look.

"Huh? How did you get in? This is the waiting area. I even have to bring my number tag back when I go to the restroom," Jiang Xiaohei asked.

"We brought in that girl cosplaying Tirpitz. She had such a strong presence that no one dared to stop her," Huang Xing explained beside him.

"Impressive." Jiang Xiaohei was in the bathroom earlier and didn't see Tirpitz carrying Little White into the arena.

"Alright, I won't bother you anymore. The match is about to start, you guys take a break. We're going over there." Huang Xing checked the time; there were less than five minutes left before the match started, so he dragged Jiang Xiaohei away.

After they left, the two of them huddled together on the other side of the waiting area and whispered to each other.

Xiao Bai looked at the two people and suddenly became curious about what they were talking about.

“The one who came later wanted to say something more to us, but the one who came first called him stupid.” Tirpitz seemed to have seen through Xiaobai’s thoughts and translated for her, “The one who came first said that we have never told him our names, which means that we do not want to talk to them.”

As a ship girl, Tirpitz's hearing is so good that she can hear not only the waiting area, but if you listen carefully, she can even hear a few birds falling from the ceiling.

"Haha." Xiaobai really didn't want to avoid talking to them. Listening to others wasn't too unpleasant for her. It was just that she didn't give her name earlier because she couldn't find an opportunity, and Tirpitz's name was really hard to say.

“That makes things much easier,” Tirpitz yawned.

Tirpitz finds even talking to Little White tiring, let alone strangers.

Five minutes have passed.

Although it was supposed to be an entertainment competition, I was still a little nervous as the competition approached.

As the familiar electronic music and the host's practiced greetings rang out from the front stage, the contestants in the waiting area couldn't help but feel full of confidence.

"First, please welcome contestant number one and contestant number two to the stage," came the host's voice from the front of the stage.

There are televisions in the waiting area where you can see what's happening in front of you.

"Ah, it's me, it's me." Jiang Xiaohei, who was standing at the very back of the back area, stood up, grabbed his number one card, and ran out.

Tirpitz looked down at his number plate.

Her number is 21, so it looks like she'll have to wait quite a while.

"By the way, why is Tirpitz participating in this competition?" Xiaobai asked.

In Xiaobai's memory, Tirpitz should be a very lazy person. Although she has some enthusiasm for games, such troublesome offline competitions should not be something that someone who is lazy at home all day likes to do.

Tirpitz raised his head, looked up, and thought for a moment.

"I don't know," Tirpitz said.

Tirpitz himself didn't know why he had come to sign up.

The registration area was noisy, and there were too many people trying to chat with me. I was just here to look at my own work, so I should have lost interest in this comic convention by now.

Why did you suddenly end up here to participate in an offline competition?

Suddenly caught in a vicious cycle, Tirpitz began to ponder.

At this moment, the television in the waiting area began broadcasting the match.

There were two large arcade machines on the stage, the kind you often see in arcades. The contestants stood in front of the machines and started swiping away.

The male and female hosts seemed quite skilled, giving an enthusiastic commentary on stage.

"Oh wow! Contestant number one is aggressively attacking his opponent! Long punch! Long kick, the three-hit combo to break through defense, and then an uppercut when he gets the chance! Ah, this contestant is very aggressive!"

"But with such a strong desire to attack, if the opponent finds an opening, you could lose a large chunk of your health in one go."

"That's true, but generally speaking, such an aggressive style of play indicates that the number one player has a strong desire to win!"

"Does he want to win the championship? Is it for the girl he likes?"

The female host then delivered a lighthearted line at just the right moment.

"Haha, that's not necessarily true. Maybe one of the girls watching the match is Contestant Number One's type."

……

Tirpitz was watching television.

She looked at Xiaobai again.

Xiao Bai was also drawn in by the host's passionate commentary on TV and watched the game with great excitement.

--ah.

—I think I understand.

Looking at Little White's profile, Tirpitz finally seemed to understand.

She finally understood why she had signed up.

Amidst the enthusiastic and passionate commentary, Tirpitz's lips subtly curled into a smile.

—I just wanted this child in front of me to see how victorious I was.

Chapter 130 Don't panic, I'll be right back.

That contestant number one is Jiang Xiaohei, one of the duo who just struck up a conversation with us.

Jiang Xiaohei seemed to be a true master of this fighting game. On the screen, the little character he controlled completely abandoned defense and attacked the enemy relentlessly like waves.

Ultimately, his enemies could not withstand his powerful offensive, and he seized upon their mistakes, quickly retreating.

The match was a best-of-five series. Jiang Xiaohei used the same tactics to win three consecutive games, thus winning the first game.

"Tirpitz, he's amazing!" Little White said to Tirpitz beside him.

Tirpitz glanced at the screen calmly and nodded.

Jiang Xiaohei's skills are quite good; it seems like he could easily defeat Saratoga.

"Okay, player number one has won the first round. Next up, players number three and four." The host announced the result.

The game being played has a large following due to its strong sense of nostalgia and enduring gameplay, and a considerable number of spectators have gathered in the audience.

Jiang Xiaohei returned to the waiting area.

"Hehehe, did you see that? I'm super strong!" As soon as he came in, he opened his arms and shouted excitedly to Huang Xing, who was standing in front of the door waiting for him.

"Come on, a city-level champion like you, coming to a comic convention to compete in a casual game, aren't you ashamed and are even showing off?" Huang Xing said helplessly, pouring cold water on Jiang Xiaohei's face.

The conversation was quite loud, and almost everyone in the waiting area heard it.

Many people looked at the two people with surprise.

This offline competition at the anime convention was more for entertainment, and there weren't any particularly good rewards for winning, so even the most skilled players wouldn't travel all the way here to compete.

Most of the contestants were just ordinary players who had played in arcades for a while.

If a city-level champion were to emerge here, it would be a game of adults beating children.

Huang Xing and Jiang Xiaohei turned around and saw Xiaobai and Tirpitz. They greeted them politely and then returned to their seats.

"Tirpitz, did you hear that?" Little White said to Tirpitz.

"What did you hear?" Tirpitz's attention had wandered off somewhere after Xiaobai asked her why she wanted to compete, so she naturally didn't hear Jiang Xiaohei and Huang Xing's conversation.

“That person is the city-level champion,” Xiaobai said.

"Oh." Tirpitz nodded, looking completely unconcerned.

"...Hey Tirpitz, aren't you scared at all?" Little White asked curiously.

"Ah... um. Not bad." Tirpitz nodded vaguely, seemingly unsure if he understood the meaning of the city-level championship. "Anyway, I'm not going to lose."

"Not all the players here are Saratoga..." Xiaobai still hoped Tirpitz would win the match, even though she didn't know just how good Tirpitz really was.

"Don't panic, it's not a big problem." Tirpitz gave a thumbs up.

This wonderful confidence is truly something that makes it impossible to worry.

Since Tirpitz had already said that, Xiaobai really couldn't say anything else.

As they were talking, players number three and four had already started their match.

Due to the nature of the competition, the skill gap between players was quite large at the beginning, resulting in another one-sided 3-0 battle.

"This person seems pretty good too," Xiaobai said, pointing to the winning player on the screen.

“He’s more of a culinary freak than the previous one,” Tirpitz said. “These two are just chickens pecking at each other.”

"Oh..." Xiaobai withdrew her hand.

She hadn't played the game before and didn't know much about it, but since Tirpitz said this person was bad, then so be it.

One by one, the contestants ran up to the stage, and soon it was Huang Xing's turn.

Huang Xing and Jiang Xiaohei were together. Xiao Bai initially thought he was very powerful, but he was quickly defeated and eliminated.

As a participant, Huang Xing could come back even if he failed, and he returned to the waiting area with an embarrassed expression.

"How come you're so bad?" Jiang Xiaohei was waiting for him at the entrance of the waiting area.

"I didn't... I didn't..." Huang Xing said awkwardly, "I was dragged here to sign up by you. I'm not that good at this game."