Elder brother's garrison

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"That's a real shame..." Shenhai Longxiang sighed regretfully. "It's such a rare dish of flowing somen noodles. We didn't have many chances to eat it when we were at the naval base."

Pachina turned to leave, but the next second, a figure appeared behind her like a ghost.

"Oh? Pachina, aren't you eating?" Savoy grabbed the condiment dish and chopsticks and came up to Pachina, quickly pressing against her body and asking with a brazen expression, "You're not getting angry because you can't get the noodles, are you? No way, no way? No one's really going to go hungry because they can't get the noodles, right? If someone were to beg me properly, I might mercifully help them get a few bites, you know?"

"Tsk." Pachina turned his head, raised his hand and pressed Savoy's chin, pushing Savoy away from his embrace.

"Hehe, don't be so shy. Isn't it a good thing to admit your shortcomings? If you're willing to humble yourself and beg me, I might be able to teach you a few ways to use chopsticks, you know?" Savoy didn't mind Pachina's actions at all; she just grinned and continued to stick to her.

The sound of Savoy kicking someone when they were down reached Pachina's ears so close.

A large, prominent vein suddenly appeared on Pachina's fair and smooth forehead.

Just as Pachina raised his fist, ready to give the arrogant and ungrateful Dean of the Deep Sea a good beating, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from not far away.

"Huh? It's so lively today!"

The voice came from behind the group.

The crowd, who were laughing and discussing just a second ago, fell silent instantly, as if someone had pressed the pause button.

Everyone turned around to look.

As they approached, Shiro and Yamato led the group up from a distance. Shiro looked up curiously at the flowing, plain-faced rockery decoration, as if he had seen something new.

"Eh?? Admiral?!" The destroyers were the first to react. Fubuki was the first to put down her chopsticks and rushed towards Shiro with shining eyes. "Admiral, you're back!"

With a thud, Fubuki bumped into Xiaobai's arms, like a chick returning to its mother hen's embrace, and rubbed against Xiaobai's chest incessantly.

Xiaobai hugged Chuixue and patted her fluffy head.

"Yes, I'm back," Xiaobai said with a smile.

"Is the Admiral having fun outside?"

"I'm so happy!" Xiaobai looked up at the scene before her. "Hmm... speaking of which, what are you guys doing?"

"Admiral, we're making flowing somen noodles." The other ship girls and the Abyssal Deans also put down their bowls and chopsticks and came over. Akagi, who was at the front, wiped her mouth with a tissue and smiled at Shiro.

"Huh? Flowing somen noodles?"

"It's a rather unique way of eating, but frankly, it's not much different from plain noodles," Akagi explained with a smile. "Because we've had a bit of a break these past few days, Fubuki and the others have been complaining about being bored at home every day, so I thought of making something fun for them on the spur of the moment."

“Interesting… Oh… It really is quite interesting…” Xiaobai’s gaze lingered on the bamboo track of the flowing noodles, and a rather interested expression appeared on her face.

"Would the Admiral like to give it a try?" Akagi suddenly asked, having seen through Shiro's thoughts.

"Huh? Is that okay? Then I..." Xiaobai hurriedly spoke, but halfway through her sentence, she suddenly remembered something, and waved her hand at Akagi while holding Fubuki, "Oh no, no, I forgot the important thing. Let's wait a little while about eating... I have something important to say."

Xiaobai wrapped one arm around Chuixue's slender waist, turned his head to look behind him, and waved to those behind him with his other hand.

"Come up and say hello to everyone."

Upon hearing Xiaobai's summons, Deep Sea Akagi and Deep Sea Kaga, who had been hiding behind York and Baltimore, slowly stepped forward and came before the group.

Chapter 2411 The Fall of the Deep Sea Red Castle

Wow! It smells so good!

As soon as Akagi and Kaga stepped forward, Fubuki, who was in Shiro's arms, was the first to smell Akagi's scent. Fubuki's delicate nose twitched, and then she clung to Shiro's arm, looking at Akagi with curiosity.

Akagi's gaze swept over everyone, lingering briefly on Fubuki's face before she bowed slightly to them.

"I am honored."

The group looked at Akagi Akagi, who was bowing to them, with slight surprise.

Everyone present was well aware of Xiaobai's reasons for leaving Yuncheng, so it wasn't entirely unacceptable that she would have two more Deans of the Deep Sea Academy by her side when she returned to Yuncheng after her vacation.

"It seems the Admiral has returned with a full haul this time." Akagi stared at Deep Sea Akagi for a while, seemingly sensing something, and then said to Shiro, "Could these two be......"

“That’s right, they are the two Deans of the Deep Sea Academy who were the subject of much discussion online before.” Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

"Oh! Admiral, you actually managed to bring them back!" The other ship girls exclaimed in admiration upon hearing Xiaobai's words. "We couldn't find them at the Governor's Mansion before!"

"Ah, well... I have to thank Lianlian for that." Xiaobai scratched his cheek sheepishly and said slowly, "It was Lianlian, who was thousands of miles away, who gave me a clue so I was able to find them—of course, York and Baltimore also helped me a lot!"

"So it was Admiral Luo Lian who helped, that makes sense." The ship girls exchanged glances and then nodded. "So, who are these two Abyssal Deans?"

"They are..." Xiaobai opened her mouth, but after thinking for a while, she looked at Deepsea Akagi and Deepsea Kaga with a questioning look, "Why don't you introduce yourselves?"

“Then I shall go first.” Akagi Fukami nodded slightly. She stepped forward, placed one hand on her chest, and smiled at the crowd before her. “Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Akagi Fukami. I am not very talented, so please guide me in the future.”

"Huh? Akagi from the Deep Sea?!"

Upon hearing Akagi's self-introduction, the ship girls were all taken aback, and the surrounding Akagi deans were also stunned.

As a senior Deep Sea Dean, Akagi Deep Sea was a familiar name to most people present, except for those from Chapter Seven, even though she had never actively communicated with other Deep Sea Deans in the past few hundred years.

Immediately, many of the Deans of the Deep Sea Academy looked over with surprised expressions.

The ship girls all widened their eyes, but they weren't looking at Akagi from the Deep Sea, but rather at Akagi in the middle of them.

"Akagi-nee, listen! It really is Deep Sea Akagi!" Saratoga suddenly jumped out from behind her, patting Akagi's lower back in surprise, and said to her, "Your previous prediction has come true!"

"It's...it's actually Akagi from the Deep Sea..." The destroyers were also filled with amazement.

Compared to the surprise of most people present.

Despite being the center of attention, Akagi appeared much calmer.

"This is really..." Akagi carefully examined Deep Sea Akagi's face, from her eyebrows and eyes to her lips and down to her feet, before turning thoughtfully to Deep Sea Kaga beside her. "It really is the Deep Sea version of me... So, if that's the case, then the person next to me is... Deep Sea Kaga?"

“Exactly.” Akagi Fukami lowered her head, accepting the scrutinizing gazes of everyone.

"Is it a coincidence, or fate..." Akagi murmured, looking at the two Deep Sea Deans before her. After a short while, she suddenly smiled, "What a surprise!"

Akagi stepped forward, took Akagi's hand with one hand, and held Akagi's hand with the other.

"I never dreamed that one day I would be able to communicate face-to-face with my Deep Sea version of myself and my Deep Sea version of Kaga." Akagi smiled brightly at the two Deep Sea Deans in front of her. "Now, I'll have a lot to talk about when we get back to the naval base."

Deepsea Kaga blinked, looking at the ship girl in front of her.

"You must be Abyssal Kaga, right?" Akagi smiled and slightly raised Abyssal Kaga's hand, saying to her, "Hello, I'm Akagi, the ship girl Akagi. It's nice to meet you."

"Ship girl...Akagi?" Abyssal Kaga's gaze lingered between Abyssal Akagi and Ship Girl Akagi.

Before returning to Cloud City, Xiaobai had already told the two Deep Sea Deans that he had ship girls Akagi and Kaga at home. Logically speaking, Deep Sea Kaga should not have been surprised by the existence of ship girl Akagi. However, in reality, after seeing ship girl Akagi, facing the impact of having two Akagi appear in her field of vision at the same time, Deep Sea Kaga's already poor reaction ability still crashed for a moment.

"It seems our new friend needs some time to accept my presence." Akagi smiled as she looked at Abyssal Kaga's chaotic state. She squeezed Abyssal Kaga's hand and said, "If you don't mind, you don't have to treat me as a ship girl. You can treat me as another Abyssal Akagi. That would make things easier for you, right?"

"Another... Deep Sea Akagi?"

"That's right, treat me like another version of her and act cute." Akagi smiled at Abyssal Kaga. "Your ship girl version sometimes acts cute towards me in the naval base too, so go ahead, I'm quite experienced in this area."

Upon hearing these words, Kaga's confused gaze gradually cleared.

“Another… Deep Sea Akagi…”

If we treat the ship girl Akagi as the Abyssal Akagi... then it would indeed be much easier for Abyssal Kaga.

Kaga from the Deep Sea murmured softly as she stepped forward.

Akagi smiled and opened her arms in sync with Kaga's movements from the depths of the sea.

Kaga from Abyss Sea tentatively approached Akagi from Abyss Sea, sniffing under Akagi's armpit before pressing his nose against Akagi's neck and taking several deep breaths.

"...No." Kaga from the Deep Sea took several steps back, shaking her head in strong resistance, and said seriously, "You're not Akagi from the Deep Sea!"

“Sigh…” Akagi stood there, stunned.

"Pfft." Akagi from the Deep Sea covered her mouth and chuckled softly.

"Yes, is there something I did wrong?" Akagi asked, puzzled.

"No, Akagi." Shiro quickly stepped forward and explained to Akagi, "Akagi, you're the best! But actually, it's because Deep Sea Akagi's constitution is a little special, so Deep Sea Kaga can't treat you as another version of her for the time being..."

"special……"

"Actually, it's like this..." Xiaobai briefly explained the unique fragrance of Deep Sea Akagi to everyone.

After hearing Xiaobai's explanation, everyone suddenly understood.

No wonder the air around us has smelled so sweet ever since Akagi from the Deep Sea appeared...

Everyone swarmed around her, crowding around Akagi and cautiously sniffing her body.

"Oh, it smells so good!"

"So there really are people in this world who can emit such a fragrance..."

Can I smell your hair?

"..."

The ship girls groped Akagi all over, their eyes filled with delight.

Akagi showed great tolerance in the face of the ship girls' touches. She just smiled slightly and let the ship girls stroke her body and get close.

While Akagi was trapped in the hands of the ship girls, the Akagi's deans also walked over to Shiro's side.

"So she's Akagi from the Deep Sea..." Pachina whispered to Shiro, her hands behind her back, glancing in Akagi's direction with one eye.

"Does Pachina know Deepsea Akagi?" Xiaobai looked at Pachina, somewhat curious.

“I guess so.” Pachina thought for a moment and nodded slightly. “I’ve occasionally entered the waters under her jurisdiction when I was sailing on the sea before, but I didn’t really say hello.”

"Pachina knows so many people."

"Can you interpret your words as sarcasm?" Pachina asked, looking at Xiaobai.

"How could that be?" Xiaobai smiled.

"Hmph—" Pachina drawled, staring at the Abyssal Akagi surrounded by ship girls. Suddenly, she frowned. "...Wait, why doesn't she have any Abyssal aura? Even if it's an Abyssal aura shielding device, it shouldn't be able to completely block the Abyssal special aura on an Abyssal director, right?"

“Ah… about this…” Xiaobai nodded and said to pachina, “Actually, due to certain accidents, Deepsea Akagi has now lost the power of the Deepsea Dean.”

"Hmm?" Pachina was slightly taken aback and looked at Xiaobai. "What accident?"

"I heard from Fukami Kaga that he was injured."

"What injury?"

"I haven't asked yet." Xiaobai scratched his head sheepishly and gave Pachina an awkward smile.

"...You're really too laid-back. Don't you have any curiosity at all?" Pachina's gaze fell, and she said helplessly, "The fact that Dean Shenhai has lost his power is unprecedented. Don't you ever lose sleep over something like this?"

"Haha, that's true." Xiaobai chuckled.

Xiaobai was indeed curious about Akagi's experiences in the Deep Sea, but then again, Xiaobai had seen hundreds, if not thousands, of things that could pique her curiosity in her life. With a memory of Xiaobai's level, if she were too curious about everything, it would greatly affect her quality of life. So, over time, Xiaobai naturally learned to take a more detached view of things.

However, after pachina's reminder, the questions surrounding Akagi Fukami are indeed quite intriguing.

Kaga from the Deep Sea also said that the injuries Akagi from the Deep Sea were no ordinary injuries.

It was a kind of "withering" that felt like a curse.

Xiaobai is already thinking about whether to find an opportunity to have a proper talk with Shenhai Chicheng about her "withering".

Chapter 2412 Come to my room!

Judging from the results, Akagi and Kaga, the two Abyssal Commanders, were quite popular among the ship girls.

After searching around Abyssal Akagi for a while, the ship girls excitedly pulled Abyssal Akagi and Abyssal Kaga back to the artificial rockery of Flowing Water Somen and handed them chopsticks and dipping sauce dishes.

"Akagi Akagi, Kaga Akagi, let me introduce you to our lunch today!" The destroyers clung to Akagi Akagi's skirt, tilting their heads up at her with innocent smiles. "It's delicious! You should try it too! It might be a little difficult at first, but the ritual of putting the noodles in your mouth is unparalleled!"

"Then I shall respectfully accept your offer." Akagi smiled gently at everyone, raised her sleeve to reveal her snow-white wrist, and accepted the bowls and chopsticks handed to her by the ship girls.

Holding a dish in her left hand and chopsticks in her right, Akagi, amidst the shoving of the ship girls, arrived at the bamboo railing.

Facing the clumps of noodles swishing past her eyes, Akagi Shinkai observed them quietly for a while. Then, she dipped her chopsticks into the water, gave them a gentle shake, and with a quick flick of her wrist, lifted them up to find a glistening clump of noodles on her chopsticks.

"Oh oh oh————"

"Such skillful chopstick technique!"

The ship girls around couldn't help but applaud when they saw this.

"For some reason, I spent some time in the human world," Akagi said with a smile as she placed the noodles she had picked up with her chopsticks into Kaga's condiment dish. "Therefore, I know a little about the techniques of using tableware."

"What? Deep Sea Akagi, you've been to human society?"

"My lord found me in a human city."

"I see... So, are human cities fun?" The destroyers' eyes lit up when they heard this.

"...The supplies must be plentiful."