Elder brother's garrison

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"..." He nodded rapidly and in a very large voice.

"In short, it's about balancing the number of teleports and the amount of teleportation, right?" Xiaobai covered her mouth, thought for a while, and then said to Super Yamato, "Super Yamato, what do you think of how Su-sama and the others are doing when they teleport? Their ship equipment capacity is huge, but their size is quite small, right?"

“They…shouldn’t feel any burden.” Chao Yahe nodded.

"That's settled then. I'll ask Lord Su and the others to teleport back to the naval base together, fill their ship equipment space, and then you can teleport back. Given their ship equipment capacity, one or two teleports should be enough to feed all the ship girls we're taking to Chapter 8." Xiaobai asked Chaoda for her opinion, "What do you think of this?"

“I think it’s okay,” Chao Dahe replied.

“Then it’s decided!” Xiaobai said with a smile. “Hehe, luckily you and Chaoda went back to the naval base once before, so we can teleport there directly, which will save a lot of effort.”

what the hell.

Turns out I'm pretty clever after all; this problem was solved so easily.

"However, Admiral," just then, Chao Yamato looked up and spoke to Xiao Bai, who was secretly pleased with himself, "there's something... I need to tell you..."

"what is the matter?"

“Actually… I…” Chao Da lowered his head, fiddling with his fingers with some hesitation, his face flushed red, “I… haven’t marked the location of our naval base yet.”

"……"noob.

Chapter 1880 Aftermath

Inside the black and white teleportation tunnel, the atmosphere fell silent for a moment, with only the surrounding black air currents swirling and emitting faint whistling sounds.

He was very large and had his head down, with his hands on his lap, his legs rubbing together restlessly.

Xiao Bai stared blankly at the giant for a while.

"No...no, what did you just say, Chaoda? You said you didn't mark our naval base?" After a while, Xiaobai finally came to her senses and stammered to Chaoda to confirm.

“…No.” Chao Yahe lowered his head even further, like a primary school student who had done something wrong.

"Is it... the kind of unmarked I understand?"

"Ah."

"Does the lack of a marker mean that you can't teleport us back to the naval base right now?"

"Ah."

"So we have to walk all the way back to the naval base from here to activate the teleportation point there?" Xiao Baiteng gestured wildly in the air.

"……Um."

"But...but didn't we go back to the newbie naval base before? You even stayed there for quite a while."

"I did go back... but leaving a mark is actually an active skill..."

"Ah..." Xiaobai stared blankly at the super-sized rooster whose head was almost buried between its legs for a long time before reluctantly lowering her hands and letting out a deep sigh. "Well... okay."

After a few simple questions and answers, Xiaobai had completely given up his hopes and accepted the fact that Chaoda hadn't opened a teleportation point at the newbie naval base...

No wonder when Yamato was introducing his abilities, he didn't teleport himself back to the newbie naval base, but instead teleported to Isla's house...

Xiaobai finally understood completely.

"Admiral, I'm so sorry..." Chao Dahe said to Xiao Bai with his head down, feeling ashamed.

"It's...nothing..." Xiaobai weakly raised her hand and waved at Super Yamato. She looked at the top of Super Yamato's head, which was hanging down in front of her, and stared at the long black hair that cascaded down from it like a waterfall. Finally, she asked helplessly, "Super Yamato...why didn't you leave a mark at the newbie naval base?"

"After being recruited into the naval base by the Admiral under Lord Yamato's command, I thought I would never use my abilities again in my life..." Super Yamato raised his head slightly, looking apologetic as he spoke to Shiro, "Because Lord Yamato said that in order not to reveal one's identity to outsiders, one should cultivate the good habit of concealing one's identity. Someone like me, after joining the Admiral's naval base, should forget my identity as the head of the Abyssal Commander. And no matter what, when I use my abilities, I will reveal the Abyssal aura... So, I sealed my abilities and decided never to use them again..."

"Ah, this..." Xiaobai looked at Chao Yamato and was speechless for a moment.

Hmm...how should I put it?

Aside from Loki, most of the Deep Sea leaders in the newbie naval base are rebellious types. Even Yamato, the Deep Sea leader, is usually in a tsundere state, expressing dissatisfaction with the base's rules and regulations and frequently launching strong criticisms. Xiaobai truly didn't expect that Super Yamato, as a Deep Sea leader, could be so obedient. Saying she wouldn't reveal her identity, she actually performed a perfect self-sealing... Judging from the situation, if she hadn't happened to come and chat with Xiaobai today and discovered her difficulties, she would have continued to seal away such amazing abilities...

At this moment, Xiaobai, while feeling cheated, was unexpectedly also somewhat moved.

"Alright... there's nothing we can do about it since that's how it is..." Xiaobai smiled helplessly at Chao Yahe. She took out a map from her ship equipment space and comforted Chao Yahe, "It's okay, Chao Yahe. The reason you sealed your abilities was for the good of our naval base, right? Then you did nothing wrong. Just relax for now and don't regret what happened in the past."

"Thank you, Admiral..." Chao Dahe looked up, moved. She was about to say something to Xiaobai when she saw Xiaobai kneeling on a large map, almost touching the ground, his eyes glued to the map, searching it intently. Chao Dahe's eyes widened in surprise, and she suddenly asked in confusion, "...Admiral, what are you doing?"

"Since we can't change what happened before, let's start with the present," Xiaobai said, lying on the map. "...I'm looking at the map."

"A map?" Chao Dahe was taken aback. Curious, she crawled over to Xiaobai and looked at the map beneath Xiaobai. "Then what is this map...?"

"It's a map of the cities near Ella's home. I'm looking for the fastest route from Ella's home to the city where our naval base is located." Xiaobai said, diligently searching the map, her finger tracing the small cities one by one. "Let me see... Starting from Ella's home, going from here to here... then to there... and here... This route has a few more transfers, but it's the fastest way back to the naval base. Ideally, it should take less than two days to get back! Hmm, we can make it! Our naval base's shipgirls still have enough resources for three or four days!"

After looking at the map, Xiaobai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's great..." After hearing what Xiaobai said, Chaoda was relieved, and the guilt on her face lessened considerably. She patted her chest and asked Xiaobai, "Then, Admiral, shall we set off now?"

“Hmm…time is still tight.” Xiaobai nodded, then looked down at the map again, took out a small handheld alarm clock from her ship equipment space, stared at the dial for a while, then shook her head and said to Chao Yamato, “But I looked at the train timetable before, and at this time, the train we need to take in the nearby cities hasn’t left yet, so there’s no rush to leave.”

"Then what do we do now?"

"go back."

"what?"

“Let’s go back.” Xiaobai gave Chao Yamato a gentle smile. “We didn’t tell the other ship girls when we left, did we? They’ll worry about us if we’re missing for too long. Anyway, you teleport fast, so why don’t we go back and have dinner first?”

"..." Super Yamato.

-

A pitch-black vortex suddenly opened up in the air.

Shiro and Yamato emerged from the dark vortex in a flash and landed on the wooden floor of the villa.

"Phew, I'm back." Back in the villa, Xiaobai looked at the familiar surroundings and the small wooden table she had used before leaving. She smiled at Chaoda and Weiwei behind her. "I have to say, Chaoda, your teleportation ability is really amazing... Although you decided not to use this skill for the rest of your life in order to hide your identity, I still think that your teleportation ability will definitely come in very handy in the future. Please don't let it go to waste."

"Yes...yes!" Chao Dahe was flattered by Xiaobai's praise and quickly stood up straight and lowered her head.

"Alright, I just went on a trip to Ella's place. I wonder if anyone here noticed I disappeared for a while..." Little White muttered to herself, glancing around the villa. "...Huh?"

It was only then that Xiaobai realized that there wasn't a single ship girl inside the villa. Instead, a number of figures were gathered at the villa's main entrance. The backs of the ship girls from the newbie naval base overlapped, firmly guarding the entrance as if preventing anyone from entering.

Xiao Bai curiously approached the villa's main entrance, and soon she heard Elizabeth's anxious voice coming from there.

"Senior Akagi, I'm telling the truth. Just a few minutes ago, we sensed a faint deep-sea reaction coming from your villa!" Elizabeth's voice echoed behind the ship girls of the newbie naval base. Along with Elizabeth's voice, dozens of ship girls from the Haoding Naval Base also voiced their concerns.

“I’ve repeated myself many times, Miss Elizabeth, the so-called deep-sea reaction is probably just a misperception of your colleagues. Perhaps you’ve been working hard these past few days and have mistaken some unusual auras for deep-sea auras.” Akagi’s steady and dignified voice followed. “Our nascent naval base is the world’s number one talisman, revered by admirals and supervised by countless colleagues. We should set an example and would never bring back such filthy creatures as deep-sea beings. Therefore, it is impossible for deep-sea auras to appear.”

"But, but we clearly felt it just now! And just a few seconds ago, that deep-sea aura reappeared! We are extremely worried about Admiral Lu Lin's condition... Please allow us to meet with Admiral Lu Lin!"

“Miss Elizabeth, we didn’t detect any deep-sea aura just now. Perhaps it was just your imagination.” Akagi’s calm and unwavering voice rang out. “My admiral is currently processing documents related to the exploration of Chapter Eight and cannot meet with us at the moment. I apologize…”

"Chapter 8 is extremely dangerous now. For the safety of Admiral Lu Lin, we need to confirm the situation with our own eyes..."

"..."

Hearing the discussion, Xiaobai turned around and glanced at Chao Yamato.

Chao Yaya blushed and lowered his head in shame.

Xiao Bai smiled knowingly.

all in all.

The situation at the villa... is probably that when Super and Little White left, they revealed some deep-sea aura, which was noticed by the ship girls of the nearby Haoding Naval Base. When the ship girls became suspicious and wanted to come up to inspect the situation, the ship girls of the newbie naval base stopped them without saying a word, thinking that there were quite a few deep-sea deans living in the villa...

Chapter 1881 Cunning and Scheming

From a certain perspective, it wasn't unreasonable for Super Yamato to choose to seal its teleportation ability before... At least it attracted so much attention from the ship girls of Haoding Naval Base just by using it once. If Super Yamato really used this ability recklessly, it would probably expose all the secrets of the newbie naval base in a few days.

Xiao Bai smiled at Chao Dahe, who was looking down, then straightened his appearance and walked out of the villa's main gate.

“Miss Elizabeth, please rest assured, our admiral is just processing documents right now. She doesn’t like to be disturbed when she’s processing documents. Why don’t you go back first? She will come back when she’s finished processing the documents…” At the entrance of the villa, Akagi and the other ship girls were guarding the gate, negotiating with Elizabeth who had come to visit.

"Akagi," Shiro called out to Akagi.

"This matter..." Xiaobai's words had just fallen when Akagi, who was negotiating with Elizabeth, paused slightly. Her delicate eyebrows twitched slightly, and then she turned her head away.

The rookie naval girls gathered at the villa's entrance were also surprised to see Shiro suddenly appear behind them. In their memory, the villa should have been empty just now.

"Huh? Admiral, what's wrong with you...?"

"Admiral, when did you finish processing the documents?" Akagi asked Shiro with a smile, picking up where the ship girls around her left off.

"Just finished dealing with it." Xiaobai picked up where Akagi left off, and the rookie naval girl made way for Xiaobai. Xiaobai walked to Akagi's side, looked at Elizabeth standing in front of her, and smiled slightly, "It seems a bit lively in front of this villa?"

"Admiral, Miss Elizabeth just came over with some people. She said she sensed a deep-sea aura nearby and is concerned about your safety." Akagi said respectfully to Shiro in front of Elizabeth. "Although I have already informed Miss Elizabeth that you are working on some documents and it is inconvenient for you to see anyone until you finish... it seems that you have still disturbed your work. Please punish me, Admiral."

"No, it's not Akagi-senpai's fault!" Upon hearing Akagi's words, Elizabeth quickly stepped forward, bowed deeply to Shiro, and explained apologetically, "It was I who insisted on seeing Admiral Lu Lin! Because just now... just now I did sense the reaction of the Deep Sea aura. The Deep Sea Dean's actions these past few days have been far too frequent, and I was worried that something unexpected might happen, so I especially wanted to check on Admiral Lu Lin's condition... I'm very sorry for causing you trouble!"

"Alright, I'm fine." Xiaobai smiled gently at Elizabeth, who looked so loyal, and then slowly explained, "Well... now that I'm out, let me explain. Miss Elizabeth, the deep-sea aura you just sensed should have come from my villa."

"Huh?!" Elizabeth looked up in surprise, her face blank.

The ship girls at the newbie naval base were all startled by Xiaobai's words, and they all stared at him with wide eyes.

“However… the reaction to that deep-sea aura should be different from what Miss Elizabeth and you imagined.” Xiaobai didn’t care about the gazes around her. She continued talking to Elizabeth, reaching under her skirt and pulling out two pieces of silver-white deep-sea metal. She said to Elizabeth, “The deep-sea aura that Miss Elizabeth and you felt just now… should be this.”

"These?" Elizabeth's gaze shifted to the two pieces of deep-sea metal in Little White's palm. She stared at them curiously for a moment, her face full of doubt. "Excuse me, what are these two strange pieces of deep-sea metal...?"

“It’s deep-sea metal of quality that’s almost on par with the Deep-Sea Dean level,” Xiaobai explained with a smile. “There was a special Deep-Sea Dean riot in Chapter Six, right? Your admiral should know that what I have here is the loot from that incident. Lately, I’ve been quite free, so I’ve been tinkering with a few things. I was just studying these two pieces of deep-sea metal in the villa just now… After all, Miss Elizabeth, you know that while deep-sea metal is common, Deep-Sea Dean level deep-sea metal is a rare find…”

"Research? Uh... May I ask what Admiral Lu Lin is researching..."

"Regarding the topic of what kind of chemical reaction will occur between two pieces of deep-sea metal of similar quality," Xiaobai said to Elizabeth in a serious tone. Then, in front of Elizabeth, he placed the two pieces of deep-sea metal together in his palm and gently rubbed them. "According to my research, as long as you put the two pieces of deep-sea metal here and twist them like this, lick them, and soak them, they will release a certain degree of deep-sea aura..."

As Xiaobai explained, the Admiral Network was activated, secretly transmitting into the deep-sea metal in his palm. Then, the two pieces of deep-sea metal in Xiaobai's palm began to heat up and turn red, and a pure deep-sea aura slowly emanated from the deep-sea metal.

Elizabeth's gaze flickered as she carefully sensed the deep-sea aura emanating from the deep-sea metal.

“Very high purity… but very faint…” Elizabeth murmured, looking at Xiaobai’s palm with a puzzled expression. “Ah… it seems very similar to the deep-sea aura that appeared before… but…”

“After all, these two pieces of deep-sea metal have been used several times already, so there shouldn't be much energy left inside. It's normal that the aura is a bit weaker than before.” Xiaobai put away the two pieces of deep-sea metal and smiled at Elizabeth. “I often did these kinds of small experiments when I was in the naval base. My ship girls have experienced so many that they don't take it seriously anymore. The reason they didn't let you in just now was probably because they didn't want you to disturb my experiments—after all, strictly speaking, this aura is still different from the aura of deep-sea creatures, right?”

"Ah, I see!" Elizabeth exclaimed in realization. She quickly bowed to Xiaobai, "I'm so sorry! We were being presumptuous and disturbed Admiral Lu Lin's experiment. I'm truly sorry..."

"It's nothing, just a small matter." Xiaobai waved her hand dismissively. She looked at Akagi and pursed her lips at her. "Akagi too... You can just tell Miss Elizabeth about this little thing directly. There's no need to hide it."

"Akagi knows he was wrong." Akagi's gaze shifted, and he lowered his head slightly.

"Ah! It's not Akagi-senpai's fault. After all, I'm an outsider. Admiral Lu Lin's experiment is a secret of the naval base and cannot be disclosed to outsiders casually. I understand that." Elizabeth quickly waved her hand, bowed to Shiro and Akagi again, and sincerely apologized. "In that case, I... I'll go back first. Admiral Lu Lin, I will reflect on my actions after I get back today, and I will bring a letter of apology tomorrow to apologize for today's offense!"

"A written apology is unnecessary..."

"Yes, yes... My actions today were based solely on my personal judgment, not on my admiral's idea..."

"I understand, I understand." Xiaobai smiled wryly. "Alright then, Miss Elizabeth, remember to come early tomorrow so we can all have breakfast together."

Hearing Xiaobai's uncomplaining reply, Elizabeth finally bowed to everyone with relief before quickly leaving the villa with the ship girls from the naval base.

The ship girls of the newbie naval base watched Elizabeth disappear at the end of the path, and then one by one they turned their surprised gazes to Shiro.

"Admiral?! When did you get back?"

There was no one in the villa just now!

"Admiral, you..."

The ship girls swarmed forward and surrounded Xiaobai.

"Ah, I just did something with Chaoda and her... I'm sorry, I didn't tell you beforehand..." Xiaobai explained apologetically to the ship girls who surrounded her, her gaze then shifting to Akagi.

Akagi was looking at him with a smile.

Xiaobai then gave Akagi an embarrassed look.

"I'm sorry...Akagi, I..."

"Admiral's reaction just now was excellent, showing a shrewd and calculating side." Akagi walked up with a smile and gently patted Shiro's head. "However, Admiral, even so, you still need to explain your disappearance just now. We were very worried when you suddenly disappeared... If Yamato hadn't guaranteed that you were absolutely safe, we wouldn't have stopped Miss Elizabeth from coming in to check on the situation."

"Yes, yes, I will." Xiaobai nodded quickly, looking touched. "What about Yamato-neechan and the others?"

"I've had them hide outside the villa. I'll have someone bring them back later." Akagi breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed her temples, glanced at the villa gate, and especially at Chao Yamato, who was huddled inside, only peeking out cautiously at the situation outside. She smiled slightly, "Admiral, let's go in and have a good talk."

-

Xiaobai and the ship girls returned to the villa.

After gathering the ship girls around him, Xiaobai used the Admiral's Network to check around the villa and find no ship girls eavesdropping. Only then did he tell the ship girls that he and Chao Yamato had just traveled to Ella's hometown for a few minutes for a trip.

When the ship girls first heard that Xiaobai's disappearance was actually due to being transported to a place thousands of miles away, they were somewhat shocked. However, fortunately, these ship girls had heard some stories about Super Yamato and knew that Super Yamato had a teleportation ability, so they accepted it much faster than the average person.

"So, Admiral... you went to Miss Ella's house?" After hearing Xiaobai's explanation, Akagi covered her mouth and looked at Xiaobai with a surprised expression.

Chapter 1882 Little White's Journey

"Yes, quite a few things happened in between..." Facing the surprised gazes of the ship girls, Xiaobai also recalled the time when she and Chao Yamato were almost bombarded by the ship girls of the Ella family. She couldn't help but smile bitterly, but she quickly straightened her posture and said to Akagi very seriously, "But speaking of this... Akagi, I actually have something else to tell you."