Elder brother's garrison

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"That's just because the Admiral is too easy to understand." Missouri smiled at Xiaobai. "For example, Admiral, do you know what Missouri is thinking right now?"

"Huh?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

Xiao Bai carefully observed Missouri's expression, but in Xiao Bai's eyes, Missouri was just smiling the whole time, and her face did not seem to reveal any thoughts.

"...I...I'm sorry...I can't tell..." Xiaobai observed for a while, and finally hung her head in dejection.

Xiao Bai was somewhat discouraged.

Xiaobai originally thought that her relationship with Missouri was very close.

On the battlefield, Missouri could often understand his meaning with just a gesture, but now that it was his turn to understand Missouri, he stared at Missouri's face for so long, yet he couldn't figure it out at all.

Could it be that……

Is the level of understanding between me and Missouri far less than the level of understanding Missouri has with me...?

how so……

I clearly love Missouri so much...

"Admiral, don't be discouraged. Missouri has received professional training, so it's actually very difficult to read emotions on his face," Missouri comforted Xiaobai.

Little White hung his head, listening to Missouri's comforting words. After a short while, he suddenly raised his head.

"Missouri! Please! Let's do some special training!" Xiaobai said earnestly.

"Huh? What kind of special training?"

"Special training to improve teamwork! That's what you just mentioned!" Xiaobai clenched his fist, looking serious. "I want to raise our teamwork to the point where I can understand what you're thinking at a glance!"

"That's not easy."

"It's okay! I need special training! I want to be in sync with you!" Xiaobai said with longing.

“…Hmm…Since the Admiral has said so, Missouri can’t very well refuse.” Missouri scratched her lips with her finger and thought for a while, then nodded to Xiaobai. “Alright then, although it’s not quite what Missouri initially thought, let’s have some special training today to improve the Admiral’s rapport with Missouri.”

"it is good!"

"Special training is no simple matter, you know. The Admiral will cooperate with Missouri, right?"

"I will fully cooperate!" Xiaobai raised his hands.

Missouri looked at all the enlightened newbies and revealed a meaningful smile.

……

Ten minutes passed.

The empty house was filled with the sound of creaking and groaning.

In the center of the living room, Missouri stood up, looking at her work with satisfaction.

"Hmm, that should be about right."

Missouri placed the remaining red string on the coffee table and smiled slightly at the person in front of her.

In front of Missouri, Little White was sitting in a chair with his hands behind his back.

Xiao Bai's legs were pressed tightly against the stool legs, and the red rope on his body was just right to tie Xiao Bai's body firmly to the chair. A red cloth was tightly covering Xiao Bai's eyes, and only his mouth and nose were exposed on his face.

"Missouri...are we really going to do this...?" Little White on the chair shifted, only managing a few creaking sounds from the wooden chair beneath her. She swallowed hard, a hint of fear in her voice, "I...I can't see anything...I can't move my body, I feel...a little uncomfortable..."

"Don't worry, Admiral, Missouri is here." Missouri leaned close to Little White's ear and gently blew a warm breath into her ear.

"Eek!" Little White on the chair let out a startled cry.

After being deprived of sight, the body's other senses were amplified, and Xiaobai became quite sensitive to external touch, to the point that even a breath from Missouri would give him goosebumps.

"Admiral, do you know what tacit understanding comes from?" Missouri whispered in White's ear.

"I...I don't know..."

“It’s trust.” Missouri chuckled. “Understanding comes from trust. Admiral, are you afraid here because you think Missouri will harm you after being deprived of your freedom of movement and sight?”

"No!" Xiaobai quickly replied.

"I see." Missouri chuckled, stood up, and continued to speak to Xiaobai, "Then, Missouri is going to put earplugs in the Admiral's ears."

"Huh??? Even hearing?"

“Isn’t this the perfect opportunity to show trust?” Missouri took out his earplugs and smiled slightly at Xiaobai. “Now, I’ll trouble you, Admiral, to stay here for an hour while your sight, hearing, and freedom of movement are all restricted. Don’t worry, Missouri will definitely come to rescue you after an hour.”

"Is trust... built up like this?"

"Yes, does the Admiral believe that Missouri will rescue you on time?"

"I...I want to believe..."

"Missouri will not betray the Admiral's trust."

Chapter 2254 is really quite fancy.

Missouri put the earplugs she was holding into Little White's ear canal.

The feeling of a foreign object entering the body is not pleasant. Xiaobai, sitting on the chair, shrank his neck and subconsciously tightened his legs.

Earplugs cannot completely block out all sound, but when you wear earplugs, most sounds become muffled and indistinct in your ears, like drumbeats in water that are hard to distinguish.

It was pitch black.

Unable to move his limbs.

The sound around me was muffled.

Xiao Bai felt as if she were sitting in complete darkness, with ropes tightly binding her body. The only ripples in the darkness were the indistinct sounds. With her sight and most of her hearing cut off, the tactile sensations from her skin had never been so clear. Xiao Bai could even feel the dust in the air tickling her face, the ropes gently digging into her clothes and pressing down on every inch of her skin, and the subtle vibrations in the air stirred up by Missouri's movements in the room.

The amplified sensation caused Xiaobai to feel a subtle, indescribable unease.

I desperately wanted to break free of the ropes, to open my eyes, to know what was happening around me, and whether Missouri would actually untie me on time. An hour felt like an eternity…

One idea after another emerged in the darkness, lingering in Xiaobai's mind and refusing to leave.

In fact, Xiaobai is capable of improving this predicament on his own.

If she were willing to use the power of her ship equipment, she could easily break the ropes binding her. If she were willing to activate the admiral's network, she could obtain information about her surroundings even without opening her eyes. Furthermore, if Xiaobai concentrated on using her ship girl-level hearing, mere earplugs could not hinder her keen hearing.

But Xiaobai cannot do that.

If Xiaobai really does that, then the training on understanding with Missouri will lose its meaning. Only when he truly experiences that hour of helplessness and loneliness, and then Missouri appears on time to untie him, will the trust between him and Missouri be further strengthened.

There is no room for cheating here.

One hour……

An hour...

The little white dog on the seat pursed its lips, silently listening to its own heartbeat in the darkness, and then opened its mouth to ask the darkness in front of it.

"Missouri...you'll untie me in an hour, right?"

Xiao Bai's voice quickly faded into the darkness.

A series of indistinct sounds soon came from the darkness, and a pair of warm hands emerged from the darkness, gently stroking Xiaobai's face.

It seems that Missouri has confirmed this.

Little White in the darkness breathed a sigh of relief.

It feels so good to be touched...

Perhaps because his senses and freedom were blocked, Xiaobaitou felt Missouri's hands were so warm for the first time.

If Missouri stays here... an hour doesn't seem so hard to endure...

Xiao Bai's unease gradually dissipated.

……

In the quiet living room.

Missouri lowered her hand and smiled as she looked at the little white creature in front of her.

The little white bird on the seat had its eyes covered and its limbs bound, looking pitiful like a caged bird.

Missouri took an hourglass from her ship's equipment and placed it on the coffee table next to her. Then she took out a professional camera from her ship's equipment space and took several photos of the clueless newbie.

"This is quite a rare memento. As for the unauthorized filming, I'll apologize to the Admiral later." Missouri chuckled as she put away the camera, then sat down on the sofa, propping her chin up and examining the little white figure on the chair as if it were a work of art.

Occasionally, the little white dog on the chair would swallow and clench its legs, which Missouri noticed, not missing a single detail.

"One hour...one hour..."

Missouri muttered to herself.

“Now we have a full hour to observe the Admiral… Time is so short, there are only fifty-nine minutes left… I should have told the Admiral it would be two hours.” Missouri smiled broadly. “But if we maintain this state for two hours, the Admiral might not be able to take it, and that would be a loss.”

"I really look forward to seeing how the Admiral will react when Missouri unties him."

"...Maybe Missouri should go take a shower and get ready first."

"While you're at it, go upstairs and make the beds..."

Missouri was quietly working on her abacus when a series of beeps interrupted her thoughts.

Missouri shifted her gaze away from Xiaobai, turned slightly to the side, and took out a beeping cell phone from her inner pocket.

Missouri glanced at the caller ID and, slightly surprised, pressed the answer button.

"Hello? This is Missouri."

“Missouri! Is that Missouri?!” Washington’s loud voice came from the other end of the phone.

“Good afternoon, Senior Washington,” Missouri smiled. “May I ask what brings you here?”

"Hey! I heard you've recently been converted into a missile battleship, right? I was bragging about it at the party just now. I said the missiles on a missile battleship could easily shoot down carrier-based aircraft in the air, but someone didn't believe me. She said if you could shoot down a carrier-based aircraft, she would perform a waterspout for us right there! I thought, hey! Goodness! How could I let this opportunity pass by! So, while everyone was at the party, I made a bet with someone: do you want to come over and demonstrate shooting down a carrier-based aircraft with a missile right now?"

“…” Missouri, holding her phone, glanced silently at the little white guy in front of her. “I’m sorry, Washington, Missouri is really busy today…”

“Missouri! Please! Please! Dozens of people at our party are eagerly waiting for you to perform! You’re our grand finale! If you can come today, you’ll be my sister forever!!” Washington’s voice was interrupted by even louder cheers from the other end of the phone.

It seemed like they couldn't refuse such a warm invitation.

Missouri listened silently to the cheers on the other end of the phone. She glanced at the hourglass beside her, then at her watch, and finally sighed with a sense of helplessness.

“Alright then,” Missouri replied, “I’ll head over there right away…”

"No problem! Great! We'll head over to the training ground and wait for you! Sisters! Let's go!" Washington's cheers on the other end of the phone almost lifted the ceiling.

Missouri hung up the phone and sighed softly.

"As for the training ground... it should only take about fifteen minutes." Missouri muttered to himself as he walked up to Little White, squatted down, and gave Little White a wry smile. "Admiral, Missouri has something to attend to and will be back soon."

"..."

The little white cat on the chair did not react.

With earplugs in, Xiaobai couldn't hear Missouri's voice at all.

Chapter 2255 The Natural Development

Missouri walked out of the living room, glancing back every few steps, and with the sound of the door opening and closing, she temporarily left home.

After Missouri left, only Little White was left in the living room.

Xiaobai on the chair stirred slightly, her eyebrows furrowing gently. Then she opened her mouth and tentatively asked the empty living room.

Missouri?

"..."

Missouri, are you still there?

"..."

Although Xiaobai's vision and most of its hearing were blocked, it could still sense that Missouri had left the living room by relying solely on its sensitive sense of touch and a small part of its hearing.

After asking the air a few times without receiving a reply, Xiaobai's expression immediately became tense.

Xiao Bai shifted uncomfortably in the chair until the sturdy red rope creaked.

"Is this... also part of the training...?"

As if to comfort himself, Xiaobai asked the darkness before him.

There was no one in the darkness; only Xiaobai himself could answer.

Several seconds passed.