Elder brother's garrison

Then again.

How could a girl who looks like a middle school student get so much money?

Did he make money by trading stocks?

Xiao Bai didn't believe that every junior high school student these days had Luo Lian's business acumen.

"Jinghua, what kind of work does your family do?" Thinking of this, Xiaobai couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Home?"

It means what your parents do for a living.

"I don't have a mom or dad." Jinghua said with her eyes open, as if she were saying something very ordinary.

"..." Xiaobai paused in her stroking of the bank card, looked up at Jinghua, and stared blankly for a moment, "Oh...yes, I'm sorry..."

"However, although I don't have a mom and dad, I do have a teacher!" Jinghua continued, a happy smile on her face.

"Ah...it seems your teacher treats you very well..."

"Yes!" Jinghua nodded.

Xiao Bai silently withdrew her hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and didn't ask any more questions.

It's not a good habit to pry into other people's backgrounds.

Besides, the person who came this time was only looking for ship girls to clear out the Abyssal Fleet. Although there seemed to be a lot of strange things about Kyouka, the bank card was in Kyouka's own name, and it was Kyouka's wish to entrust him with the task. It was better not to ask Kyouka too many questions.

Xiao Bai shook his head, shaking off the doubts he had about the Mirror Flower.

The missions entrusted by the naval base can be broadly divided into two types.

One type is a civilian commission, and the other is a military commission.

Both types of missions can be profitable. Civilian missions mostly involve escorting merchant ships, exploring dangerous waters, discovering stars, or even trivial tasks like opening ceremonies for companies. The rewards are mostly just money. Military missions, on the other hand, involve disaster relief missions such as pacifying deep-sea disaster areas and supporting naval bases around the world. In addition to money, the rewards for these missions also include a lot of resources and materials. In terms of mission quality alone, military missions completely outclass civilian missions.

Because of the high reputation of Mengxin Naval Base in the industry, the military commissions commissioned by Mengxin Naval Base are always in high demand. Under such circumstances, Mengxin Naval Base basically does not accept ordinary civilian commissions.

But this time.

This person who went to great lengths to find Jinghua, who is in the white hair, can be said to have gone to great lengths.

While a sum of several million may not seem like a lot for a newbie naval base, it's enough to easily surpass the rewards for individual commissions and even rival the best military commissions.

Money is something that is saved up, after all.

It just so happens that the newbie garrison is about to be expanded by adding a few more floors.

Why don't we just do it while we're at it?

Xiao Bai nodded silently in his heart.

Under Xiaobai's watchful gaze, Jinghua finished the plate of fried rice in her hand with a clinking sound.

Xiaobai handed Jinghua a bottle of mineral water.

Jinghua gulped it down.

"Jinghua, could you tell me more about the details of the commission?" Xiaobai asked Jinghua.

"Yes!" Jinghua nodded quickly, put down her bottled water, and straightened her back. "It's like this, my teacher and I live in a coastal village. Everyone in the village usually makes a living by fishing at sea, and that's how we've always lived..."

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded.

It seems that this girl named Jinghua is actually a descendant of fishermen who live near a safe sea area.

These days, fishing can be so profitable.

"Then, about a few weeks ago, there were fewer fish in the sea, and sometimes the water even looked a bit dark in the sunlight." Jinghua's expression turned somewhat dejected as she said this. "People who come back from the sea sometimes say they saw black shadows in the water, and some even say they saw mermaids or something..."

Jinghua raised her head nervously as she finished speaking.

"My teacher told me that the seas around us are very likely polluted by deep-sea resentment, and that deep-sea amphibious ships are now being conceived in those waters..."

"The safe waters have been polluted?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

“Hmm…that’s what my teacher said.” Kyoka nodded.

"Oh..." Xiaobai nodded thoughtfully.

While it is extremely rare for safe waters to be polluted by deep-sea resentment, it is not something that is impossible under certain circumstances.

Just like the high-risk sea area in front of the newbie naval base, which has become a clear and quasi-safe sea area thanks to the long-term cleaning by the newbie naval base, safe sea areas that lack regular patrols and cleaning by ship girls can sometimes be infected by invading deep-sea aura and gradually deteriorate into deep-sea areas.

The areas surrounding the current safe waters are mostly inhabited by fishermen who make their living from the sea. If these waters were to suddenly deteriorate into deep waters and give rise to deep-sea vessels, the losses would be extremely severe if these vessels were to suddenly attack the coast.

—Well, on another note.

Ordinary civilians would likely find it difficult to detect the deterioration of the sea conditions early on. The person Kyoka mentioned who was called "teacher" seems to have at least received training in detecting sea conditions...

"Jinghua, where is your home?" Xiaobai asked.

Jinghua quickly took out a train ticket from her clothes and handed it to Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai took the ticket and looked at it.

Jinghua's train ticket says Qingke City on one end and a small city quite a distance away on the other.

"Wow... It's quite far. I'm so sorry you had to come all this way alone, Jinghua." Xiaobai looked at the train ticket in her hand, a slightly surprised expression on her face.

"Um, can you help us?" Jinghua asked cautiously.

“Sure,” Xiaobai nodded. “Whether it’s the task itself or the reward, I have no reason to refuse.”

"Thank you!" Jinghua gratefully clasped her hands together.

"Let me think... Generally speaking, an early-stage polluted safe sea area can be cleared by just one squad of ship girls. I'll send a squad of ship girls to take you home, Kyouka. After you get home, bring my ship girls to your place, and then we can clear the sea area," Xiaobai said to Kyouka.

"Hey? Aren't you going?"

"I still have a lot of work to do... I can't leave for a while... But don't worry, my ship girls are very good at this kind of work, it's definitely no problem to leave it to them."

"Thank...thank you." Jinghua looked somewhat disappointed and confused.

"You're welcome, it's what I should do." Xiaobai stood up and was about to take out his phone to call Lexington at the naval base when a thought suddenly struck him. "Oh, right, speaking of which, I haven't asked you about the deteriorating situation in the sea... In short, have you applied for protection from the local admiral?"

"No."

"Eh? That's very dangerous!"

"The teacher said it's okay for now... because there are actually two ship girls who recently appeared protecting us in our village."

"Hmm? Recently appeared?"

"Ah."

"...Wild?"

At this moment, Xiaobai suddenly became alert.

My head hurts a little...

I'll be posting a separate update today...

Chapter 1295 Departure

"Wild..." Jinghua asked, somewhat puzzled, looking at the suddenly energetic Xiaobai.

"Ah, it's nothing, don't mind it." Xiaobai realized what was going on, waved her hand, and changed her question, "What I mean is, did those two ship girls who suddenly appeared in your hometown to protect you mention that they had an admiral?"

“…I don’t know.” Jinghua thought for a while, then shook her head. “They said they were just passing by and found the situation in this sea area a bit strange, so they stayed in our village for two days.”

"Didn't they say they were from some naval base?"

"No."

"Oh..." Xiaobai seemed to be thinking.

Ship girls who are stationed at naval bases and need to identify themselves usually reveal the name of their naval base without hesitation to avoid trouble. This is a tacit rule among ship girls in the admiral's circle.

Since the two ship girls that Kyoka mentioned did not specify that they were serving in a certain naval base...

That's basically it.

They are very likely unclaimed ship girls from human society.

Think of this.

Xiao Bai looked at Jing Hua's face.

After talking to Xiaobai, Jinghua kept staring at Xiaobai with hopeful eyes.

Xiaobai understood the meaning behind Jinghua's gaze.

From the perspective of the client.

It feels much safer for the admiral to personally intervene than to have a fleet of ship girls randomly dispatched by the naval base to solve the problem.

Xiaobai understands this feeling.

"Hmm... marine pollution, a bank card with so much money, a teacher who can detect marine conditions..." Xiaobai murmured, tapping her chin lightly with her finger, "and wild ship girls..."

While it's not unusual for long-term safe waters to be polluted by foreign deep-sea energy, it's still a relatively rare and unusual situation within the entire admiral community. Even Xiaobai himself had only seen such incidents in the admiral's notes left by his brother.

If possible, Xiaobai would also like to see it in person.

Besides, it also happens to have the appearance of a wild ship girl.

Ok.

That makes the trip worthwhile.

I feel like there are really a lot of appealing aspects to this case.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai gave a soft "hmm" and raised her head.

"I think I'll go with you guys after all," Xiaobai said to Jinghua.

Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, Jinghua nodded happily, "Thank you! Thank you!"

Xiao Bai turned around and looked at Wisconsin sitting behind him, his expression somewhat apologetic.

I was supposed to go shopping with Wisconsin today, but before we even got to go shopping, we encountered a bank robbery and then a sudden request for help.

It seems it really needs to be changed to the next day.

"That Wisconsin..."

"I understand."

Faced with Xiaobai's apologetic expression.

Surprisingly, Wisconsin's face didn't show much disappointment at this moment.

"Admiral, in short, you're planning to go to this little girl's hometown to handle a case, right?" Wisconsin didn't linger on the shopping issue, but instead asked Xiaobai thoughtfully.

"Well, marine pollution is a very rare occurrence, and I'd like to see it for myself," Xiaobai said to Wisconsin somewhat sheepishly. "Well then, Wisconsin, about our shopping trip, let's postpone it for another day..."

"I'm not an unreasonable person, the safety of the masses is more important." Wisconsin shook her head quickly, her face showing no disappointment but rather a strange excitement. She pointed to herself, "But speaking of which, Admiral, since I was here when you accepted the commission, how about taking me with you? I'm pretty good at fighting!"

"Hey... but Wisconsin, your panties..."

"So, it doesn't matter what you say about panties!" Wisconsin blushed as soon as she heard the word "panties" from Xiaobai. She quickly interrupted Xiaobai, patting her chest repeatedly, "You can buy those things anytime! The question now is, Admiral, are you taking me with you or not!"

"Yes, you can bring it!" Xiaobai nodded quickly.

"Yeah!" Wisconsin clenched her fist and let out a joyful sound.

"..." Xiaobai silently looked at Wisconsin.

Xiaobai herself wasn't quite sure why she was so happy in Wisconsin even though she had missed the chance to buy panties...

Xiao Bai had just prepared more than a dozen words of apology and compensation to Wisconsin, but he didn't get a chance to say any of them.

Women are so complicated.

"Admiral."

Just as Xiaobai was wondering, Missouri smiled and extended a finger towards Xiaobai, "Missouri has a suggestion, I wonder if the Admiral would like to hear it?"

What are Missouri's suggestions?

"The mission entrusted by the Admiral this time is to clean up the sea areas polluted by deep-sea energy. In my humble opinion, Missouri should be a mission of utmost urgency, right?" Missouri said.

"Uh... the rate at which deep-sea aura pollutes the sea isn't actually that fast... but since it's a matter of great importance, every little bit helps."

“Look, Admiral, you have not only senior Yamato and senior Hindenburg by your side, but also Wisconsin and Iowa. Why don’t we just accompany this client to her hometown?” Missouri said to Xiaobai.