Elder brother's garrison

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then.

Akashi saw Shiro sitting close to her, looking at her with a smile.

"Good morning, Akashi." Shiro greeted Akashi. "When did you move the convenience store here? I've been looking for it for ages."

"Meow?! Meow meow meow?!!" Akashi jumped up from her seat in a flash. "Admiral?! Admiral, when did you suddenly appear—!"

"Huh? Me?" Shiro pointed to herself and smiled at Akashi. "I just arrived too."

"Just, just arrived..."

"Yes, the first thing I saw when I walked in was you, Akashi, asking me to forgive you..."

As Xiaobai spoke, he glanced down at the comic books and photo albums that Akashi had placed on the table.

The photobooks and comic books on the table were the first batch of mainstream versions that Akashi had taken out.

Xiao Bai picked up a book at random and glanced at it a few times.

"Ah... Akashi, you still sell Yuru Kantai Collection here... and even photobooks! Are those the ones you took for me when I came to your shop before? I never thought you'd even turn that into a book and sell it." Shiro put down her book and chuckled at Akashi, seemingly not angry at all.

That's true.

The ones on the table can't compare to the two in Akashi's arms; those are just common stuff that you could sell at the entrance of a destroyer's dormitory without getting arrested.

Akashi swallowed hard, and unconsciously hugged the candid photo album and R18 comic book in his arms even tighter.

"Speaking of which, Akashi, what did you just ask me to forgive you for?"

"No, nothing, meow..." Akashi quickly turned her head, clutching the book in her arms tightly with her little hands, and said to Shiro, "Speaking of which, Admiral, weren't you in Chapter Eight? Why did you suddenly come back..."

"Ah... well... there were a few minor hiccups in the middle..." Xiaobai gave a wry smile when she heard this, and said awkwardly to Akashi, "In short, to get straight to the point, I came back this time because I have something I want to ask you."

"Please, Akashi?" Akashi tilted her head, strode forward, and approached Shiro, her eyes flashing with a golden light. "Is it about work?"

“Yes.” Xiaobai nodded and said to Akashi, “It’s like this… Regarding the Super Yamato that joined our naval base recently, Akashi, could you make her a ship-mounted aura shielding device like the one for our previous Yamato?”

"Meow?" Akashi was taken aback. She blinked, then suddenly understood. She smiled at Shiro, "Oh... oh oh... does the Admiral mean he wants to choose a new ship for his wedding?"

"No, no..." Upon hearing this, Xiaobai hurriedly waved her hand awkwardly, blushing as she smiled at Akashi. "Actually, last night when Yamato was fighting at sea, the deep-sea aura she exuded accidentally broke her original ship-mounted aura shielding device. So I wanted to come to you to order a high-specification ship-mounted aura shielding device like Yamato's. I really didn't mean anything by it."

Chapter 1970 Little White's New Ring

“High-spec…” Akashi murmured to Shiro. She slowly sat back down next to Shiro and said, “Oh… Akashi understands now. The Admiral wants to commission a high-grade ship-mounted shielding device for the Super Yamato that can withstand the deep-sea aura she releases during battle and prevent it from being damaged immediately, right?”

“That’s right, that’s how it is.” Shiro nodded to Akashi. “Is that alright? Of course… I will definitely pay you the full amount.”

"Of course, no problem if there's payment!" Akashi's eyes lit up, and she raised her arm to give Shiro an OK sign. However, she quickly added with some worry, "But... Admiral, even if Akashi gets the flame that can melt the metal of a super supply ship from you, it will be the earliest we can get a brand-new ship-mounted aura shielding device after rushing to make it. The production time is already very tight, and we can't expedite it any further."

"Uh... well..." Xiaobai scratched her cheek awkwardly, "Really... can't it be any faster...?"

Xiaobai needs to return to Chapter 8 this morning. If possible, Xiaobai hopes that the super-Yamato's ship-mounted aura shielding device can be completed before returning to Chapter 8.

"Admiral... there are some things even Akashi can't do, meow..." Akashi sighed and said to Shiro.

"Ah... I really thought so..." Xiaobai sighed. "Well, alright then. I happen to have some spare space in my ship equipment. I'll just use a regular ship equipment aura shielding device for now..."

Akashi blinked at Shiro's disappointed expression. She lowered her head thoughtfully, glanced at the two books she was holding tightly in her arms, and remained silent for a while.

"..."

"..."

"Ahem, ahem." Akashi jumped off the chair, stood in front of Shiro, and said to Shiro with her head held high, "Admiral, although if it's a last-minute order, you won't receive the actual product until at least tonight... But! If you don't request a custom order, Akashi has a way to get the product out for you right away!"

"Huh? Really?" Xiaobai looked up in surprise.

"Hmph... As expected, Akashi's foresight was correct..." Akashi grumbled and turned away, stuffing the two books back into her ship equipment space. Then, she ran into the store's warehouse with her short legs. After a while, she returned from the warehouse with a small red box, handed it to Shiro, and said, "Admiral, take a look at this."

"This?" Xiaobai curiously took the small box Akashi handed her, opened it, glanced inside, and then widened her eyes in surprise. "Huh? This is..."

Inside the small red box was a meticulously crafted ring with exquisite and beautiful relief carving. Furthermore, Xiaobai could sense the aura of Sukhbaatar and Odin emanating from this ring; it was even the same style as the one worn by Yamato of the Deep Sea!

Shiro looked up at Akashi in surprise.

"Akashi had previously thought that, given the speed of the Admiral's wedding ship, there might be some requests to order more rings from Akashi. So, to ensure the Admiral receives his ring as soon as possible, Akashi took some time to make a few high-quality rings to display in the shop," Akashi said confidently to Shiro, head held high. "After all, Sukhbaatar and Odin supplied quite a bit of high-grade metal here... Aside from the rings I made before, I actually kept quite a bit of material for myself."

"Wow!" Xiaobai looked at the ring in the small box with surprise. "As expected of Akashi! You're so reliable!"

"It's alright, it's alright..." Akashi's small body slumped down again. She touched her face and forced a smile at Shiro. "But... the Admiral just said that he didn't intend to make wedding rings for Chaoda and Wa. Akashi doesn't know if the Admiral will accept this product..."

"Hmm... If I could choose, I'd prefer something like a bracelet or necklace... But it's okay, actually, Super Yamato and I are in a bit of a hurry to use this, so since we don't have a choice, this is fine too." Xiaobai thought for a while, closed the red box, nodded and smiled at Akashi, "As for the wedding ship thing... we should just explain it properly and everything will be fine, after all, look, Loki and the others are wearing similar rings too."

"That's true."

"Well then, Akashi, thank you so much for this ring." Shiro smiled slightly at Akashi. "How much do you want for this ring? I'll transfer the money to you directly."

“…Hmm…” Akashi blinked, touched her chin, thought seriously for a while, and then shook her head. “Fine, if the Admiral wants to take it, I’ll give this ring to you for free.”

"Huh? This isn't a good idea..."

“Sure, after all, this isn’t an expedited order. Standard products are much cheaper.” Akashi shrugged and said to Shiro, “If we use it to do the Admiral a favor, the hidden benefits for Akashi will be much higher than selling it as a product, meow. That’s the mindset of a socialite, meow.”

“Oh…I see…”

"Admiral, please give the ring to Super Yamato. This is a blessing from Akashi, meow."

“…Well, in that case…thank you so much, Akashi.” Shiro stood up, clutching the small red box in her hand, and waved to Akashi. “Akashi, I’ll remember your kindness. I’ll be going now.”

"Bye-bye~" Akashi waved her arm, which was hidden in her sleeve.

Xiaobai smiled, turned around, and left the shop wearing Akashi's ring.

Akashi kept waving as she watched Shiro's figure disappear into the distance. Only after Shiro's figure completely disappeared from the intersection did Akashi breathe a sigh of relief and lower her hands.

"...I managed to fool them...Why is the Admiral becoming more and more elusive lately, meow..." Akashi muttered under her breath, taking out two books from her ship equipment space. With a complicated expression, she said to herself, "I almost got caught red-handed by the Admiral. To distract him, I had to sacrifice the ring I had secretly made, which I planned to use to lie to him that it was custom-made, meow..."

"Sigh... What a huge loss, meow... Doing business is so hard, meow..."

Clutching the two books in her arms, Akashi staggered to the counter, bent down, pulled open the secret drawer under the counter, and stuffed the two books inside.

"I'll have to be more careful when making transactions in the future, Admiral..."

dong dong dong...

Just as Akashi bent down to place the store's prized possession, a series of light footsteps suddenly came from the doorway.

"Meow?! Is the Admiral bringing a surprise attack?!" Akashi, who was restocking the drawer under the counter, shrieked at the sound of footsteps. She jumped up, clutching her head, and frantically explained to the person at the door, "Akashi, Akashi didn't do anything suspicious, meow! Akashi was just cleaning the shop, meow! She didn't hide any merchandise from the Admiral, meow..."

"...?"

"...Huh? Isn't it the Admiral?" Akashi put down his hand and looked towards the door with wide eyes.

The person standing at the store entrance was a girl with short, beige hair and yellow eyes. She was wearing a dark blue cartoon hood that looked like mouse ears and a pair of long white and black striped stockings. She was looking at Akashi with curiosity, as if she had been caught doing something wrong.

"...Akashi?"

"Meow... Oh, it's Mia..." Akashi patted her chest in relief after recognizing the girl at the door, then slumped onto the counter. "Akashi thought the Admiral had discovered something and secretly returned to investigate. How scary, meow..."

"...Admiral? You've been here before?" Mia closed her eyes, sniffed around the shop, and then asked Akashi curiously.

“Yes, meow, the admiral just came here to pick out a new ring, meow…” Akashi explained to Mia, then looked at Mia curiously, “Why isn’t Mia at the blacksmith’s shop? Why did you come here, meow? I could have gone back to you as soon as Akashi finished dealing with things here, meow.”

"We're out of fuel," Mia said to Akashi, clenching her fists together.

“Fuel…” Akashi tilted her head, then nodded in sudden realization, her green hair twitching. “Oh… speaking of which, Akashi seems to have forgotten to add fuel to the reactor when she left…”

"..."

"Mia? What's wrong?" Akashi looked at Mia curiously.

"I want to see... the Admiral," Mia said softly, bowing her head.

"Just wait a little longer and you'll see her, meow... Last time, the Admiral entrusted Mia to Akashi so that Akashi could help her create Mia's little sister, meow. Now Akashi's craftsmanship is mature, and it will be soon that you, Mia, can see your little sister, meow." Akashi came out from behind the counter and nudged Mia's waist with her small hand hidden in her sleeve. "Because Akashi's research fees are very expensive, meow, Mia will have to work for Akashi, meow. After we're done, we need to go back to the blacksmith shop. The construction machine for the little sister needs a lot of energy, so it can't be left unattended for too long, meow."

“…Mm.” Mia nodded slightly.

"After Mia's sister is born, Akashi will present you to the Admiral so she can praise your cats properly." Akashi smiled slightly at Mia.

"……Um."

"Speaking of which, have you thought of a name for Mia's sister yet, meow?"

"name?"

"My little sister's creation is finally almost finished. She needs a name, meow. Unlike ship girls, you mecha girls can't be named after your ship, so you need names, meow." Akashi circled around Mia, talking incessantly. "Mia, have you thought about what new name to give your little sister, meow?"

"...I don't know how to come up with a name..."

"As long as it sounds nice, meow, because Mia is the older sister, so she has that right, meow," Akashi said. "What name does Mia think sounds nice, meow?"

"...Feng Nai?"

"Great name, meow!"

Chapter 1971 The Secret of Savoy

After leaving Akashi's convenience store, Shiro headed towards Bismarck's dormitory.

"I never expected that Akashi's convenience store would sell Tirpitz's comic books and my photobook..."

"When did she take so many photos?"

"Hmm...should we ask Lexington to call a halt..."

"Sigh... Oh well, Akashi has helped me so much, I can't be so stingy as to not even give her a single photo... I still hope Akashi only operates within the naval base area..."

Little White gently patted the ring box in her hand, muttering to herself as she walked back to Bismarck's house.

"I'm back."

Xiaobai entered the room and walked into the living room.

As soon as I entered the living room, a thick black fog enveloped me.

Xiao Bai calmly waved his hand to disperse the black mist in the living room. Xiao Bai took two more steps forward and finally saw Chao Yahe on the floor in the center of the living room.

"Admiral... you're finally back..."

The giant and the regular one sat properly on a cushion, pitifully raising their heads and calling out to Little White with tears in their eyes.

Xiao Bai looked at Chao Da and his current pitiful state with a wry smile.

Without the deep-sea aura shielding device, Super Yamato hadn't shown any unusual behavior while she was in the deep sea with Whitebeard. However, once she returned to the naval base in the human city and came into contact with clean land, the deep-sea aura within Super Yamato was able to be freely released and dispersed. This allowed the deep-sea deity to immediately display the environmental corrosion capabilities expected of a high-level deep-sea creature.

In the short time Xiaobai was out, the deep-sea aura emanating from Chaoda and her body had already corroded the living room into an environment similar to a deep-sea territory. This process had nothing to do with Chaoda's will; it was a process that would definitely be initiated as long as she was alive and her body was still breathing.

—As for why I say that the super-large size and its current state are pitiful?

Xiaobai exchanged a glance with the pitiful Chaodahe, looked around at her, and then smiled helplessly.

At this moment, Chaoda was surrounded by a group of Deep Sea Deans who were attracted by the deep-sea aura emanating from her.

The Deep Sea Deans in the living room were all like cats attracted by catnip, clinging tightly to Super Yamato's body. For example, Deep Sea Tirpitz and Deep Sea Bismarck were like two kittens lying on Super Yamato's lap, Deep Sea Musashi was hugging Super Yamato's lower back, and even Pachina and Deep Sea Ryujo each had one arm around Super Yamato's arm, looking quite enjoyable.

While the aura of the deep sea is extremely unfriendly to most terrestrial life, for these deep-sea deans who are born and raised in the sea, it is like their homeland, Sakura—a wonderful aura that evokes a sense of security and comfort.

The deep-sea aura emanating from Chaodahe is precisely the purest and most concentrated aura of the Deep Sea Dean. To the other Deep Sea Deans in the living room, Chaodahe is like an electric fan in summer or an electric heater in winter; there's no reason not to get close and take a deep breath.

"You two... are getting along well?" Xiaobai asked, holding the ring box and sitting down in front of Chaodahe.

"It's alright... but I can't move my body..." Chao Da replied pitifully.

“…That makes sense.” Xiaobai glanced at Super Dahe and the Deep Sea Deans sticking to him, then smiled at Super Dahe and handed him the small red box. “Well…in short, I’ve brought your new Deep Sea Aura Shielding Device from Akashi. Super Dahe, put it on quickly.”

"Thank you, thank you, Admiral..." Overlord was moved. She struggled to raise her arm to take the red box from Little White, but soon, Pachina, who was lying on Overlord's arm, tightened its grip and pressed Overlord's arm down.

"Hiss—Since leaving the deep-sea territory and arriving at this naval base, it's been such a long, long time since I've felt such a pure and rich deep-sea atmosphere... This might be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Admiral, won't you let us enjoy it for a little while longer?" Pachina lazily rubbed against Super Yamato, then pressed its head against Super Yamato's neck with some fascination, asking Shiro and Super Yamato.

"Hey, hey, hey, that's enough for you, just take a couple of breaths!" Deep Sea Yamato, with a band-aid on his forehead, shouted at Pachina, "If you want to inhale deep-sea energy, why don't you inhale your own?!"

"What's so great about absorbing your own deep-sea aura? Of course, the aura from someone else is the best." Pachina glanced at Deep Sea Yamato beside her. "Besides... don't you think the deep-sea aura on your new little sister smells particularly authentic?"

"Uh, well... cough cough, but that's enough, Xiaobai still needs Super Yamato to assist her with her work! Get away, get away!" Deep Sea Yamato muttered a couple of words with some emotion, but she quickly regained her spirits and picked up the Deep Sea Deans who were sticking to Super Yamato one by one and lifted them off.

Pachina and the other deep-sea deans lay sprawled on the floor, still wanting more.

"Good times are always fleeting," Pachina said wistfully, crossing his legs on the floor and resting his head on his arm.

"Xiaobai, put the deep-sea aura shielding device on Super Yamato." Deep-sea Yamato sat down properly next to Super Yamato and said seriously to Xiaobai.

"Hmm." Xiaobai smiled slightly at Chao Yamato and opened the box in front of everyone. "Chao Yamato, put your hand over here, I'll put it on you."

"oh oh……"

"Eh... Xiaobai, is this the deep-sea aura shielding device you ordered for Super Yamato...?" Super Yamato's surprised voice.

"Huh? Oh... Actually, this wasn't custom-made. This is a spare part that Akashi secretly made from Su-sama's ship equipment fragments. This time, I was in a hurry to equip the Super-Dawa with a high-specification deep-sea aura shielding device... so to save time, Akashi just took this out of the warehouse and gave it to me."