Elder brother's garrison

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"Around afternoon."

"Oh...then let's look for them first."

Shiro and Yamato were discussing it seriously.

Just now.

"Um...we...we have something to say." Deep Sea Dragon Rising, sitting to the side, raised his hand and called out to Little White.

"Hmm? What's wrong, Ryusho?" Xiaobai looked at Deep Sea Ryusho.

Having experienced Shiro's combat prowess and her neutral aura that lay between the deep sea and ship girls, Abyssal Ryujo had no doubt about the feasibility of Shiro going to the deep sea base alone; she was only surprised.

"Um..." Deep Sea Dragon looked at Little White with some hesitation and a hint of hope in his eyes, "I want to ask... after you go to the Deep Sea Base and meet the boss, what are you going to do..."

"..." Xiaobai looked at Shenhai Longxiang's hopeful expression, nodded, and said to Shenhai Longxiang, "Although Super Dahe doesn't seem like the Shenhai Dean who can be easily reasoned with... if there is a chance, I will try my best to persuade her to give up her plan to attack the land."

"..." Deep Sea Dragon seemed to breathe a sigh of relief as if a huge boulder had been lifted from its shoulders. She looked at Little White with gratitude, "...Thank you."

“Of course.” Xiaobai nodded, then hesitated before saying to Shenhai Longxiang, “However… if Super Big and she really are unreasonable…”

“No need to say anything, we understand.” Deep Sea Dragon shook his head, interrupting Little White’s words, then lowered his gaze somewhat dimly, “We are already very grateful that you remember this matter… If you can peacefully persuade Boss to give up her plan to attack the land, that would be great… But if that doesn’t work… we won’t force you to do anything more dangerous.”

Surprisingly, the Deepsea Dragon was very understanding.

Xiao Bai silently watched Deep Sea Dragon for a while.

"Well, I've told you all about the plan... Now I should think about how to tell Akagi and the others about this." Xiaobai said to the Deep Sea Deans in front of him. "Then I'll go out and wait for Akagi and the others. Ryujo, you guys can rest here."

"Oh!" Deep Sea Yamato waved to Shiro.

“Miss Loki… um, if you don’t mind, you can stay with Longxiang for a while.” Xiaobai said this last sentence to Loki before getting up and leaving the room, leaving the three Deep Sea Deans in the room.

The room fell silent instantly.

Yamato Shinkai let out a sigh of relief, pulled up a chair, plopped down in it, stared at the other two Shinkai deans in the room, and rocked back and forth in the chair by himself.

Deep Sea Dragon remained in the same position, head down, sitting on the edge of the bed.

“…” Loki stood quietly by the bed. After thinking for a while, she finally couldn’t suppress her thoughts and spoke to Deep Sea Yamato, “She…”

"If you're asking about Shiro's safety... I'll answer you. There's absolutely no problem." As if she had been waiting for Loki's question, Deep Sea Yamato interrupted Loki before he could even utter a second word.

Yamato swayed back and forth in his chair, propping his chin on his hand, talking to Loki while revealing a faint smile.

A faint, proud, and blissful smile.

Just like when ship girls are showing off how outstanding and handsome their admirals are, they often have a look of admiration on their faces.

That was the girl's expression.

That's not the expression of a deep-sea amphibious warship.

"Don't let Xiaobai's delicate appearance fool you, she's actually... far more powerful than you think—after all, she's a human that I, Deep Sea Yamato, acknowledge." Deep Sea Yamato said to Loki with an air of importance, "Infiltrating a deep-sea base is a piece of cake for her."

Loki looked at Yamato's expression, then nodded slightly after a while, remaining silent for a long time.

Loki lowered his head.

On Loki's left ring finger, the peculiar diamond ring sparkled against his slender, snow-white finger.

Like stars.

Sometimes it resembles the moon.

Chapter 1561 Akagi's Advice

As the sun slowly sank below the horizon and the bustling celebrations in the city drew to a close, the rookie naval ship girls who had been sent out to hand out flyers finally returned one after another.

Standing in Ella's courtyard, Shiro first welcomed the ship girls who had returned to Ella's home. After chatting with them for a while, Akagi, who had been waiting for a long time, finally arrived.

Using the excuse that he had something to say, Shiro took Akagi to Akagi's room.

in the room.

Xiaobai first recounted the events that had transpired between him and the Deep Sea Dragon in the past few days, as well as the series of events that occurred after Super Dahe appeared on land at noon today. Then, under Akagi's puzzled expression, he braced himself and directly expressed his desire to take a tour of the Deep Sea Base.

Chicheng listened to what Xiaobai had to say.

Xiaobai stood awkwardly in front of Akagi, waiting for her reply.

—In Xiaobai's mind, he had already prepared for the worst, that Akagi would scold him when she came to her senses.

To Xiaobai's surprise, Akagi's reaction was unexpectedly mild.

After listening to Xiaobai's words, Akagi, who was sitting quietly in the chair listening to Xiaobai's plan, just stared blankly at Xiaobai with her eyes open, and for a moment she did nothing.

"……hiss."

After a while, Akagi finally recovered slightly. She took a soft breath and raised her hand to touch her forehead.

"...Xiao Bai...you really have given me a tough challenge..."

Akagi slowly exhaled, rubbed her forehead, and sighed softly.

"Uh... I'm sorry..." Xiaobai lowered her head awkwardly, "But this is the best way I can think of to solve this awkward situation."

Akagi looked at Shiro with a rather helpless expression.

“That’s true. Using a festival to attract the residents’ attention is a one-time thing; it will definitely stop working after a while.” Akagi nodded in agreement. “In fact, although the city seems peaceful on the surface this time, a few residents have noticed something amiss. After a period of buildup, it’ll probably be impossible to hide it from the residents when the Abyssal Fleet appears a second time…”

After Akagi finished speaking, he looked up at Shiro.

"noob."

"I'm here!"

"...Have you told Lexington about this?"

"Uh... not yet."

"It's alright." Akagi pursed her lips, trying to sound smug. "If it were Lexington, even if you eloquently persuaded her, she probably wouldn't agree to let you go to the deep-sea base..."

"So, Akagi, you mean you agree?" Xiaobai looked up in surprise.

"I disagree, of course I disagree too!" Akagi raised her head, her expression immediately becoming very serious. She pressed her hand to her chest and fired off a barrage of questions at Shiro, "No matter what, that's a deep-sea base in an active area! It's one of the most dangerous places in the world. Even if a rookie naval base's large fleet were to approach and sail in at will, there's no guarantee that nothing will go wrong. Let alone Shiro, this is something that not only Lexington but also I, or even Bismarck, Hood, or Renown, none of them would agree to!"

"Uh..." Xiaobai shrank his shoulders and lowered his head after being scolded by Akagi.

really.

This matter did not go as smoothly as Xiaobai had imagined.

Xiao Bai closed his eyes tightly, waiting for Chi Cheng's scolding.

"..."

But just as Xiaobai braced himself for a scolding, Chicheng suddenly sighed, his voice softening.

"However... just as you said, Xiaobai, if we want to solve the current predicament and turn the tables, the way to do it is to infiltrate the deep-sea base, as you said, which is indeed the method with the highest success rate."

Xiao Bai opened its eyes and looked up in surprise.

"That……"

"Little White," Akagi asked Little White, "You need to know that as a ship girl, no one would leave their admiral to go on an adventure alone."

"Ah."

"If the admiral is injured, the ship girls will also worry."

"……Um."

"Being unable to serve as a force for the admiral and being left to wait is a painful and agonizing ordeal for ship girls."

"……sorry."

The more Akagi spoke, the more embarrassed Shiro became, to the point that his head was almost lower than his shoulders.

"So... are you confident?"

“…Huh?” Xiaobai was taken aback and looked up at Chicheng again.

Chicheng looked at Xiaobai with a helpless expression.

"Ah...yes! Yes, yes, yes!" Shiro finally realized what was happening. She nodded quickly, raised three fingers, and swore to Akagi, "I'm absolutely confident! Um...I can't guarantee whether I can resolve the Super Yamato issue, but at least I'll be safe and sound, Akagi, don't worry!"

Xiao Bai earnestly assured Chi Cheng.

What Xiaobai said is true.

After entering the deep-sea territory, Xiaobai doesn't know what the relationship between himself and Super Yamato will become, but at least, no matter what Super Yamato and the deep-sea fleet's attitude towards him, Xiaobai's safety is absolutely guaranteed.

After all... putting aside the land-based ship equipment, even if Xiaobai really encounters something, the deep-sea will within her body will come to the rescue.

The deep-sea base is located in the deep sea, full of deep-sea energy. Xiaobai doesn't believe that anyone can defeat the deep-sea will in a place that is practically the deep-sea will's doorstep.

Looking at Xiaobai's serious and earnest promise, Chicheng also let out a soft sigh.

“I understand.” Akagi nodded.

"Chicheng, have you agreed?" Xiaobai asked.

“Hmm.” Akagi said, then raised her hand and held up two fingers to Shiro. “However… even so, I can’t just leave you alone, Shiro… I have two conditions.”

"What are the conditions?" Xiaobai asked curiously.

“First of all… it’s too dangerous for you to go alone, Shiro,” Akagi said. “Since Yamato came with us this time, let her go with you.”

"what?"

“Yamato was once the head of the Abyssal Fleet, so her understanding of the Abyssal Fleet is better than any of the ship girls. Plus, she has Abyssal blood, so having her by your side won't attract the Abyssal Fleet's attention like other ship girls would. Besides, if you really get into a fight with the Abyssal Fleet, Yamato can help you.” Akagi said, gently pressing a finger down on Shiro. “So, no matter what, you have to agree to this request. Not letting you leave alone is my final concession.”

“…Hmm.” Shiro and Akagi looked at each other for a moment, then nodded slightly. “Okay, I’ll tell Yamato-neechan to come with me… What’s the second request?”

"The second one isn't mandatory... I'd say it's just my personal suggestion." Akagi's expression relaxed slightly as she gently pressed her second finger back onto Shiro. "You mentioned it yourself, Shiro. Since your goal is Super Yamato... then when facing Super Yamato, you should at least figure out her thoughts and intentions."

"Thoughts and purpose?" Xiaobai looked at Chicheng strangely.

"Hmm. This time, the Deep Sea Deans all possess a high level of intelligence and wisdom, right?" Akagi said to Shiro. "Like Ryujo, whom you just captured, the reason she participated in this Deep Sea activity was not out of her hatred for humans, but simply to repay the kindness of being saved by Colossus and follow her—or rather, these later-stage Deep Sea Deans are no longer the early-stage Deep Sea Deans who would be driven by reason; their actions all have a reason."

“…Oh.” Xiaobai listened blankly.

"The reason why Super Yamato wants to invade the land... is probably not simply driven by desire, but rather by some other idea." Akagi said to Shiro, "If Shiro can figure out Super Yamato's purpose, perhaps we can find the right solution and make this operation easier."

"I see! I understand!" Xiaobai nodded and smiled at Akagi. "Thank you, Akagi."

"You're welcome." Akagi nodded.

"Then...Akagi, do you know anything about the purpose of Super Yamato?" Shiro asked.

“Even I couldn’t possibly know such a thing.” Akagi smiled helplessly. “I’m just a ship girl, it’s impossible for me to know about the Deep Sea Dean. This matter… in the end, you’ll have to figure it out yourself. After all, you were the one who initiated this infiltration operation into the Deep Sea base.”

Xiao Bai scratched his head sheepishly.

"Okay, I promise you. I will think carefully about the purpose of Super Yamato, and I will also take Yamato-neechan with me on the sea voyage."

"That's good." Akagi closed her eyes and patted her cheeks with both hands. "Since that's the case, then I have nothing more to say... Shiro."

"I'm here!"

“The quieter you make this voyage, the better,” Akagi said to Shiro. “If possible, try not to tell anyone except me for now. After you leave here, I’ll pick a few reliable sisters to tell them about this. Try not to let the news of your departure from the port spread. As for the other top ten admirals… I’ll help you get sick leave these next few days. In short, I’ll try to find a way to get by.”

"Thank you, Akagi!" Xiaobai was overjoyed after hearing Akagi's words.

As expected, Akagi was still by his side!

"If you really want to thank me... then Xiaobai, you'd better come back soon." Akagi said helplessly to Xiaobai.

"Okay! I'll try my best!" Xiaobai said, taking two steps forward. "Then I'll go back to find Yamato-neechan, and then find a chance to sneak out to sea tonight."

"Okay, I'll help you cover for others and draw their attention."

Chicheng patted his leg and said to Xiaobai.

After discussing the plan...

Having received Chicheng's promise, Xiaobai excitedly bid farewell to Chicheng and left the room.

Akagi smiled as she looked at the empty room. After a while, her expression turned serious. She gently massaged her shoulders and knees and sighed in relief in the chair.

Akagi tried to stand up, but found that she couldn't muster any strength in either of her legs.

Akagi smiled bitterly.

This newbie.

That's really scary...