Elder brother's garrison

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The two ship girls instinctively shouted, drawing the attention of most of the ship girls in the courtyard.

"Huh? Yeah..." Xiaobai nodded, looking at the ship girl with some confusion, "Uh... what's wrong?"

"Battleship...battleship shelling!" The ship girls' eyes widened, their faces filled with surprise and admiration. They turned around and shouted to the people around them, "Did you hear that! These two little girls were shelled by a battleship!"

"Wow???"

"A battleship?!"

"These two young girls have fought against deep-sea battleships?"

"Is she really that petite?"

In an instant, a large number of ship girls' gazes were focused on them, and Xiaobai and Changchun were suddenly bathed in their gazes.

Among the gazes cast by the ship girls were surprise, admiration, and even doubt.

"???"

It wasn't until those gazes suddenly fell upon them that Xiaobai and Changchun realized, a beat too late, that perhaps... some of the things they had just said to the ship girls in front of them weren't as simple as they had imagined...

Chapter 1676 Little White Seems to Have Found His Second Career

"Little sister, were you injured in a battle with a deep-sea battleship?!"

The ship girl, who had just been very kind and friendly to Xiaobai, opened her eyes wide after hearing Xiaobai's words, and began to scrutinize Xiaobai's body as if she had discovered some rare species.

The ship girl's gaze was so intense that it seemed to penetrate Xiaobai's clothes and directly into Xiaobai's body, making Xiaobai feel uncomfortable all over.

"Ah...yes...is that...strange?" Xiaobai asked cautiously.

When Xiaobai saw the changes in the expressions of the ship girls in the courtyard, she had a slight feeling that something was wrong. But as the saying goes, a lie once told is a lie once spilled, and at this critical moment, even though she sensed that something was off, Xiaobai could only grit her teeth and persevere.

"Instead of using 'strange,' it's more accurate to say 'incomprehensible'!" The ship girl exclaimed excitedly to Xiaobai, spreading her arms wide. "After all, deep-sea battleships are high-level enemies that can only be encountered in chapter-specific sea areas! Our mercenary group, responsible for small-scale deep-sea disasters, hasn't had a chance to encounter one even once in several years!!"

"Uh..." Xiaobai paused, "Is that so?"

"Yes, I've heard from the ship girl seniors in my mercenary group that the shelling power of deep-sea battleships is even stronger than that of artillery ship girls. Their thick armor can easily withstand the shelling of battleship girls, and their speed is incredibly fast, as if they've been given a cheat code!" The ship girl waved her arms and excitedly explained to Xiaobai.

Xiaobai stared blankly at the ship girl in front of her, finally understanding why everyone in the courtyard had turned their attention to her.

So... the deep-sea battleship has such a high reputation among civilian mercenary groups...

Xiao Bai thought about it for a moment and then understood.

makes sense.

Judging from the information fed back from the admiral network, the ship equipment level of the civilian ship girls in this courtyard, as well as the strength of the weapons equipped on their ship equipment, is not only three or four levels lower than that of regular military ship girls. What are just ordinary enemy deep-sea battleships in the eyes of regular military ship girls may be high-armor, high-damage big bosses in the eyes of these mercenary ship girls.

Ok……

The mercenary group Hao Ren encountered in human society before, as well as Zara and Pompeii, should all be considered to be in the upper-middle tier among civilian ship girls. It seems that the mercenary group ship girls in front of us this time are just ordinary, popular civilian ship girls.

"Little sisters, judging from your appearance and size, you two must be destroyers, right?" As Xiaobai was thinking, the ship girl in front of her continued to ask Xiaobai and Changchun.

"Uh..." Xiaobai turned her gaze away, trying not to meet the eyes of the ship girl in front of her. "I guess... I guess so."

"I didn't expect that you two destroyers would encounter such a powerful enemy as a deep-sea battleship at such a young age... How did it go? Was that deep-sea battleship defeated by your mercenary group?" The ship girl first made a polite remark, then her eyes lit up, and she changed the subject, asking Xiaobai with some anticipation.

"Strike, defeated..." Xiaobai swallowed hard, looking at the ship girl's expectant gaze, and nodded.

"That's amazing!" The ship girl couldn't help but scream as soon as Xiaobai finished speaking. Then, seeing Xiaobai's bewildered expression, she realized her lapse and smiled sheepishly, "Ah...sorry...actually, I've never encountered an Abyssal Battleship before..."

"Ah..." Xiaobai blinked.

"Those two destroyers can defeat a deep-sea battleship? I think these two little girls are lying!" Just then, a rather discordant voice appeared beside Xiaobai.

"The firepower of the deep-sea battleship is no joke. Even a heavy cruiser girl would be unable to walk for several days after taking a hit. Look at these two little girls, they look rosy-cheeked, they don't look like they've been in a battleship at all!"

"When they were talking about fighting deep-sea battleships, their facial expressions didn't change at all. They were as calm as if they were eating or drinking. I think they were just bragging."

"I think..."

Doubtful voices soon appeared around Xiaobai and Changchun.

"Go away! Have you ever even seen a deep-sea battleship? If you haven't, what are you doing here? Don't you know spreading rumors is illegal? Go away! Get in line!" Upon hearing the questioning voices, the ship girl in front of Xiaobai immediately raised her eyebrows and snapped back at each of the ship girls around her who were questioning Xiaobai.

This ship girl who defended Xiaobai seemed to have some reputation among the ship girls in the mercenary group. When they saw her defending Xiaobai, the ship girls who had questioned Xiaobai's previous statement shrank back and returned to their ranks. Although the doubt in their expressions did not disappear, they did not continue to criticize her.

"Honestly, they're not good at fighting, but they're all experts at bullying their own people." The ship girl put her hands on her hips, her fierce gaze sweeping over the ship girls in line, before quickly returning to Xiaobai and returning to her with joy and anticipation. "Um! Little sister! I have a favor to ask, I wonder if you could listen to it!"

"……what?"

"I've always wanted to see a deep-sea battleship... Since you were injured because of a deep-sea battleship, could you tell me about your battle with it? Just to satisfy my craving!" The ship girl looked at Xiaobai with sincerity and expectation.

Hear this.

Although the ship girls who had questioned Xiaobai and Changchun didn't say anything, they all secretly revealed a smile, ready to see them make a fool of themselves.

Hmph, those two destroyers are all talk and no action.

—A deep-sea battleship is not an easy enemy to encounter.

Moreover, even if they did encounter a deep-sea battleship, facing a powerful deep-sea enemy, a weak ship like a destroyer would be lucky to survive. Afterwards, they would definitely be terrified and shaken when they recalled the incident, so they would not be as calm as they were just now.

Asking them to recount their battles with deep-sea battleships... isn't that like asking someone who's never seen a tiger to draw one for them to see?

Just as the ship girls in line were quietly waiting to see Xiaobai and Changchun make a fool of themselves, Xiaobai did something that surprised them after hearing their requests.

"Hmm... okay." Xiaobai didn't seem to think much of it and nodded to the ship girl in front of her. "Then... I'll tell you about the battle with the deep-sea battleship."

"I'm all ears!" The ship girl in front of Xiaobai quickly straightened up.

"That day was an afternoon. We were guarding... cough cough, our mercenary group's ship girl fleet was patrolling the target sea area..." Xiaobai began to speak fluently to the ship girls in the courtyard, telling them the story of a ship girl fleet patrolling the sea area, discovering a small group of deep-sea fleets, and then engaging in battle with the deep-sea fleets.

When the ship girls who initially questioned Xiaobai and Changchun heard Xiaobai's story, they thought it was a flawed story that Xiaobai had made up on the spot. While listening to Xiaobai's story, they carefully looked for some unreasonable parts in Xiaobai's story and wanted to refute it.

But to the surprise of all the ship girls present...

Although Xiaobai's story was somewhat disjointed, from the fleet's progress and reports on ocean conditions to the encounter with the deep-sea fleet and the intense battlefield battle, every part of the story felt like a meticulously crafted real event. No matter how much the ship girls present nitpicked the descriptions of the battle, they couldn't find anything that contradicted their experience and knowledge.

Moreover, as Xiaobai narrated the story with its twists and turns, and the climaxes of the story rose one after another, those ship girls who were just thinking about finding fault were unknowingly drawn into the story Xiaobai was telling. They were captivated by the powerful and efficient actions of the deep-sea fleet described by Xiaobai, and their attention was also drawn to the deep-sea battleships that demonstrated great power in the story.

The deep-sea battleship that Xiaobai spoke of possessed powerful combat capabilities, basic attributes of its equipment, including its combat methods, even the color of its armor and the sound it howled. Xiaobai described it vividly, as if she had seen it with her own eyes.

Hearing this story, the ship girls in the courtyard who had just been skeptical of Xiaobai's words unknowingly began to believe him halfway.

The entire courtyard was completely silent.

All that remained was Xiaobai's fluent and calm narration.

"...That's roughly it. In the end, we paid a heavy price to defeat the deep-sea fleet that appeared on the sea and protect the peace of that area." After telling the story, Xiaobai closed her mouth and breathed a sigh of relief at the ship girl in front of her.

"...Wow...Wow..." The ship girl in front of Xiaobai seemed surprised to hear such an epic deep-sea battle. She stared blankly at Xiaobai's words, swallowing hard. "So...deep-sea battleships are such formidable enemies..."

"It's...it's alright...actually, as long as the fleet coordinates properly, defeating the deep-sea battleship isn't a problem." Xiaobai scratched his cheek and smiled at the ship girl in front of him.

—The story told by Xiaobai is, of course, not true.

It's all pure fabrication.

However, while making things up is one thing, there is a crucial difference between a novice and a true concocter.

As a regular admiral with hundreds of Abyssal Fleet ships at home, Xiaobai has a thorough understanding of the habits and combat capabilities of Abyssal Fleet ships. In addition, during the six months he worked in the newbie naval base, Xiaobai read a lot of strategic reports written by his colleagues. Tactical structures, story templates, and plot twists and turns are all easy for him to master. For Xiaobai, creating a classic Abyssal offensive and defensive battle for the ship girls in the base is just a matter of talking.

Seeing the ship girls in the courtyard still engrossed in the story she had just told, Xiaobai breathed a slight sigh of relief.

These past six months as an admiral have really paid off. I feel like even if I didn't become an admiral, I could still support myself as a ship girl novelist or something.

Chapter 1677 Is this considered a fortuitous encounter?

The story of Little White is finished.

The ship girls present gradually came to their senses from the story Xiaobai had just told. The ship girls looked at Xiaobai and Changchun with complicated expressions, and the strong doubt in their eyes had disappeared.

The story of Xiaobai is really well told.

But a good storyline is one thing, more importantly, the ship girls present could glean a wealth of information about deep-sea battleships from Xiaobai's story.

The information ranged from the deep-sea battleship's appearance, combat power, and equipment quality to its combat skills, combat tendencies, weaknesses, and even the sound of its roar. Every detail was incredibly detailed, allowing even ship girls who had never seen a deep-sea battleship to vividly imagine its image in their minds.

This is definitely not something that someone who has never seen a deep-sea battleship could make up out of thin air so casually.

The ship girls who had previously questioned Xiaobai exchanged glances and all showed embarrassed expressions.

"Wow, that's really amazing!"

"So deep-sea battleships have this kind of characteristic..."

"Hmm... I learned about the appearance of deep-sea battleships from a friend before, and it's exactly the same as what that destroyer described. It seems what she just said was true..."

"She just mentioned the weaknesses of deep-sea battleships and how to counter them... I'll write it down for now, you never know when it might come in handy..."

"..."

The ship girls discussed it in hushed tones.

"Little sister! You're amazing!" The ship girl in front of Xiaobai clasped her hands together, looking at Xiaobai with a look of worship. "I never imagined that your battle with the deep-sea battleships would be so arduous and magnificent! I really underestimated you before!"

"Ha...haha..." Xiaobai finally breathed a sigh of relief as he looked at the absolute conviction in the eyes of the ship girl in front of him.

After all that effort, we've finally managed to get this matter sorted out.

You should learn from your mistakes and do your research before lying next time...

"Anyway, I'll put my business aside for now..." Xiaobai said to the ship girl in front of her, "Sister, when did you find out about Miss Vestal?"

"The goddess of the hearth?" The ship girl lowered her hands, rested her chin on her hand, and recalled for a moment. (Part 2) Phosphorus-Wailing Lin Jiuliu Jun, "Hmm... I think the first time I saw the goddess of the hearth was about five or six years ago?"

"So early?"

"Actually, I met Sister Vestal relatively late," the ship girl said to Xiaobai with a smile. "In fact, rumors about Sister Vestal have been circulating intermittently in our civilian ship girl circle for about ten years."

"Hey... why didn't you come until five or six years ago, sister?"

"After all, Kyoto is quite far from where my mercenary group is stationed..." The ship girl smiled at Shiro and pointed to the western sky. "My mercenary group is over there, very over there. It takes three days and three nights to get here by train from there!"

"Wow...that's quite a long time..."

“Yes, and to be honest, it’s hard for most people to believe in the magical power of the Goddess of the Hearth unless they see it with their own eyes.” The ship girl said, a helpless smile on her face. “Actually, when I first heard the legend of the Goddess of the Hearth, I didn’t take it seriously. I just listened to it as a story… Until about five years ago, my ship’s equipment was badly damaged during a mercenary mission. The mercenary group was short of funds at the time and couldn’t repair my ship’s equipment in a short time. I had no choice but to come here with the thought that I had no other option. That was the first time I saw the Goddess of the Hearth.”

"Ah... I understand." Xiaobai nodded quickly.

The power of the goddess Vestal to repair ship equipment is indeed too fantastical. When ordinary ship girls hear news of the goddess Vestal, they will probably treat it as a story similar to Santa Claus. Unless they are ship girls who are really desperate and have no other choice but to pray to gods and Buddhas, they will never place any hope in this legend.

This includes Xiaobai as well.

If someone in the naval base had suddenly told Xiaobai a while ago that there was a magical ship girl in faraway Kyoto who could repair damaged ship equipment, Xiaobai would probably have just laughed it off as a joke.

Who knew that this seemingly absurd thing was actually true...

All I can say is that some things... you can't truly believe them unless you see them for yourself.

"It seems that Miss Vestal has been helping ship girls repair their ship equipment for twenty years now..." Xiaobai looked around the courtyard with a sigh, her gaze sweeping over the other closed doors. "Hmm... But I remember this courtyard is shared by several families, right? Is it really okay for us all to squeeze in here like this?"

"It's alright." The ship girl nodded and pointed to the other closed doors. "Actually, only Sister Vessel lives in this courtyard; the other houses are empty."

"Huh? Is that how it is?"

"Yes, so in a sense, this courtyard is the courtyard of the Kitchen Goddess. As long as the Kitchen Goddess is not angry, we can stay here."

The ship girl smiled at Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai returned the smile.

"Although this is our first meeting, I feel like we click. You two little sisters, how about after we go to Sister Vestal's Wonderful House and get our ship equipment repaired, I'll take you to visit our mercenary group for a while?" the ship girl said to Xiaobai.

"Huh? Well... how about we talk about it after I go to Miss Vestal's house..."

"It's okay. Look, little girls, you're at the very end of the line, and I'm second to last. We still have plenty of time, so why don't we take this opportunity to chat more?"

"Uh……"

"Although it's a little embarrassing to say this, the mercenary group I belong to is actually a pretty powerful one. At least as long as you work diligently, you won't have to worry about food and drink. Once your ship equipment levels up, you can even be promoted to the position of mercenary group leader. With your experience, little sister, you might be able to get promoted in just two or three years..." The ship girl continued to say to Xiaobai, "Little sister, you may not know what it means to be promoted to leader in two or three years where we're from. We usually use two words to describe such people—'boss'!"

The ship girl enthusiastically recommended the ship to the newbie.

It seems that this ship girl has her eye on Xiaobai's information capabilities, which she just demonstrated, and is thinking of bringing Xiaobai and Changchun into their mercenary group, adding a talkative destroyer instructor to their mercenary group.

Just when Xiaobai was in a dilemma.

The door that the goddess of the hearth had pulled open clicked open again.

Just like last time, the ship girl who went in earlier came out with a radiant face, and then the goddess of the hearth held the doorknob, stepped on the threshold, and shouted into the courtyard.

"Alright, next one, remember to lock the door—" After saying that, the female stove goddess turned her head to go back to her room. But this time, as soon as she turned her head, the female stove goddess seemed to feel that she had just seen something. She turned back strangely and squinted at the back of the line. "Hmm... huh?!"

When the goddess of the hearth saw Xiaobai and Changchun at the very back of the line, her eyes suddenly widened.