Elder brother's garrison

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We'll soon be able to see the deep-sea amphibious ship at the finish line.

Unlike the outer perimeter, the deep-sea ships at the finish line mostly appear in formation, and their combat power is much stronger than that of the outer perimeter.

"Enemy situation detected. Three light cruisers and one destroyer." Fubuki's message came back quickly and accurately.

"Prepare for battle!" Cleveland said solemnly as he pulled out his turret.

Behind her, from Veneto's position, came the creaking sounds of ship equipment assembly and movement.

It seems that Veneto has finally released its ship equipment.

Cleveland didn't turn back to check on Veneto's situation; the Deep Sea Force was just ahead, and he couldn't afford to be in two places at once.

Next, just like before, slowly sneak up on the enemy and unleash a burst of fire to try and reduce their numbers. If no one is killed, take out the remaining enemies with low health. Finally, slowly engage in a prolonged fight with the single enemy who has lost their numerical advantage, striving to achieve the greatest results with the least amount of damage...

Cleveland was making plans in his mind.

"boom!!!"

However, at that moment, a loud cannon boom came from behind her, making the unprepared Cleveland's heart tremble and her hand holding the cannon tremble.

Cleveland looked up and saw a thick barrage of artillery fire, far superior to his and Fubuki's, streak across the sky like a meteor, hurtling into the distance.

In the distance, in a direction that their own artillery fire could not reach, a dazzling crimson fire suddenly erupted.

Chapter 225 The Vanished Deep-Sea Amphibious Ship

Flames accompanied the burning of oil on the black sea.

Before a light deep-sea cruiser could even react, it was torn to pieces by the firepower fired by Veneto, becoming fuel for the flames that burned on the water's surface.

"You're right, enemies of this level are indeed not worth fighting against," Veneto commented coolly after unleashing a devastating shot.

Cleveland turned around as if he'd seen a ghost, looking at Veneto behind him.

The figure of the short girl had disappeared.

Instead, a large ship rigging resembling a fortress was erected, with thick, long gun barrels, massive turrets, and an exquisite and majestic diamond color floating across the entire rigging.

A wisp of white smoke was rising from one of the cannon barrels.

Veneto sat cross-legged on the cannon platform, looking like a lonely, domineering powerhouse.

“You…you…” Cleveland was quite frightened by Veneto’s condition and stood there dumbfounded.

"We're still in the middle of a battle, so focus," Veneto whispered a reminder.

"Ah! Yes!" For some reason, upon hearing Veneto's voice, Cleveland felt as if he had received an order from his superior, and he quickly turned around to look at the enemy's position.

It's not a big deal if you don't look, but once you do, it's even more incredible.

Just as Cleveland turned to look at Veneto, in that brief moment, the enemy force that had been wiped out by Veneto's single shot, leaving only three Abyssal Fleet members, was now reduced to a lone figure.

Like phantoms, the destroyers darted around the enemy positions, like a pack of wolves working in perfect unison to hunt a weak and helpless sheep.

Fubuki was holding a large torpedo in her hands, licking her lips and looking excitedly at the last remaining deep-sea light cruiser. Her red eyes gleamed with a terrifying light, as if she were bloodthirsty. With each movement, she left red trails in the black mist.

"Eat my giant torpedo!" Fubuki slapped the black torpedo in her hand a few times, then darted towards the deep-sea light cruiser.

The deep-sea light cruiser fired a few shots at Fubuki.

However, this rigid shelling didn't even manage to touch the hem of Fubuki's clothes.

Soon, Fubuki approached the deep-sea light cruiser.

Then Fubuki and the deep-sea light cruiser quickly passed each other.

Fubuki quickly fled from the side of the deep-sea light cruiser.

There was a boom.

The deep-sea light patrol boat was lost at sea.

Cleveland saw it all.

My heart was filled with turmoil, as if a boulder had been thrown into it.

What incredible combat skills! What masterful torpedo techniques! And the effortless ease with which he could dodge all artillery fire as if he were walking through a flower garden!

Cleveland didn't even see how Fubuki released the torpedo in her arms into the sea below, thus damaging the enemy's ship equipment.

—I am not on the same level as them at all.

Absolutely not.

Cleveland thought so.

It was like comparing a child to an adult, or a tadpole to a giant ship; I was simply not on the same level of combat power as them.

"The enemy has been confirmed to have been completely annihilated, and the deep-sea reaction has disappeared." Just as Cleveland was lost in thought, Fubuki's voice came over.

"Huh? Ah, okay, okay..." Cleveland didn't know why, but he started to lose confidence even when he spoke.

Veneto is actually a battleship, and the four Fubuki sisters also seem to be top-tier destroyers with rich combat experience. Any one of them, if placed in the Admiral's Guild, would make the entire first chapter tremble.

But I'm currently serving as their flagship?

Fate is such a cruel and mischievous thing.

Cleveland turned back to Veneto: "Veneto...you guys..."

She recalled what she had said to Veneto before, and how she had doubted Veneto's abilities before the expedition.

A sense of shame crashed against Cleveland's heart like waves.

"Hmm? What is it?" Veneto was still very easy to talk to after the battle was over.

Cleveland thought for a moment, then cautiously asked, "Is it alright to leave the flagship to you?"

"Huh?" Veneto was taken aback. She looked at Cleveland's face, which looked as if he was afraid she would get angry, and chuckled.

“No need, my admiral wants you to be the one, so just take it.” Veneto refused.

“But I can’t help you at all…” Cleveland was a light cruiser with some experience, so he could tell that the battle between Veneto and Fubuki was something that someone of his level couldn’t interfere with.

“Just watch, isn’t that what flagships do?” Veneto said unconcernedly, encouraging Cleveland, “Well, look, Fubuki is back with her spoils.”

At this moment, Fubuki returned with her three younger sisters, holding two pieces of deep-sea metal, and reverted to her innocent and adorable girl-like appearance.

"Captain, we've got more information!"

After placing the two pieces of deep-sea metal into Cleveland's arms with a grin, Fubuki retreated to a distance with her sisters, becoming the team's target acquisition zone.

Cleveland held two pieces of deep-sea metal, his expression quite strange.

“Don’t overthink it, Cleveland,” Veneto reminded him at the right moment. “It’s nothing to us.”

Cleveland paused for a moment, then nodded as if suddenly realizing something.

“Thank you,” Cleveland said gratefully.

It was only at this moment that she finally understood everything.

“If you want to thank someone, thank our admiral who suddenly had a change of heart,” Veneto said.

“Yes.” Cleveland nodded at Veneto.

She remained silent for a while.

“Veneto, senior.”

"what happened?"

"Can we really finish the first node before noon?" Cleveland asked hopefully.

Veneto looked at Cleveland, her small lips curving into a confident smile.

"Want to try?"

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On the beach, Xiaobai and Nia were sitting on a plastic chair with a parasol, quietly drinking chilled orange juice.

Xiao Bai bit the straw, savoring the sweet and sour taste filling his mouth, and his expression relaxed involuntarily.

Sweet things are just nice.

"It's already noon, Nia, would you like something to eat?" Xiaobai asked.

“I’ll just go back to the city center to buy some,” Nia said, standing up. “What do you want to eat, Xiaobai? I’ll bring it to you.”

The two girls chatted for a whole morning, and this was the beginning of their friendship.

"You can buy it here. Look, there are restaurants over there," Xiaobai said, pointing to the row of restaurants and vendors behind the beach.

“Things there are very expensive.” Nia was a frugal person, partly because of her lifestyle, and partly because she didn’t have any spare money or merits to waste.

“I’ll pay.” Xiaobai took out the admiral’s certificate that Veneto had given her before he left.

Most of the buildings on the beach belong to the Admiral's Guild, so you can farm merit points there.

But Nia was still quite unwilling, shaking her head: "No need, no need, I'll go to the city center to buy it. Xiaobai, what do you want?"

"Okay, then I'll just have noodles." Xiaobai smiled.

Admiral Nia lives such a frugal life; she'll definitely be a good wife in the future.

Nia was touched by Xiaobai's compromise, and she took off running towards the city.

There are free shuttle buses in the city and along the beach, and a round trip doesn't take too long, about half an hour is enough.

Xiaobai watched as Nia boarded the train.

"A ship girl is back!" The admirals who had been observing the sea were all surprised at this moment.

Very few ship girls return to port in the middle of the day. Usually, it's because a teammate has suffered a serious injury or someone who hasn't gained anything and feels it's a waste of resources to return.

Little White looked at the sea level.

On the dividing line between azure and darkness, six tiny figures are moving.

Veneto seemed to have said he wanted to clear the gates before noon...

Thinking this, Xiao Bai also stared curiously at the six tiny figures.

Six tiny figures, no bigger than sesame seeds, slowly approached the sea, gradually growing larger in the eyes of the onlookers.

Finally, it was enlarged to become six ship girls.

Xiao Bai withdrew her gaze.

It wasn't Veneto and the others.

"Huh? Why are you back?" One of the admirals next to Xiaobai jumped up from the beach, looking at the ship girls on the sea with disbelief on his face.

The group of ship girls eventually returned to the beach. Two of them walked up to the admiral who had asked the question, looking dejected: "Admiral, we're back."

"Isn't today's harvest good?" The admiral was quite surprised to see that his ship girls were mostly unharmed.

This is a standard six-man team; it's impossible for them to come up empty-handed.

"Admiral, we can't find the Abyssal Fleet at today's destination," one of the ship girls said with a troubled expression.

"Can't find it?"

"Well, Admiral, we've been searching inside for hours, but we haven't found a single Abyssal Fleet," the ship girl replied disappointedly.

"..." The admiral looked as if he had heard something utterly ridiculous.

Chapter 226 The first node of the sea area has the least deep-sea resentment and the lowest difficulty, but it is still a deep-sea territory. How could you not find a deep-sea amphibious ship in a deep-sea territory?

"I really can't find it." The ship girl looked at her admiral's distrustful expression and felt so wronged that she was about to cry.

"Oh, don't cry, don't cry. It's not that I don't believe you, I'm just a little surprised. It's okay, it's okay, it's not your fault, it's not your fault. Come on, let's not go on the expedition today, let's go back and rest." Making a delicate and beautiful ship girl angry is a terrible thing, so the admiral quickly took her hand and said with a pained expression, "Maybe the Abyssal Fleet is on holiday today. Never mind, never mind, let's have a day off today, okay..."

The admiral coaxed his ship girl all the way towards the free train.

P.S. Does anyone remember that Xiaobai liked to eat noodles...?

Chapter 227 The Oldest Ship Girl

Xiaobai watched as the admiral and the ship girl boarded the next train.

She took a sip of the orange juice in her hand.

From this perspective, the job of an admiral is just like that of a bounty hunter.

"Look, another team is coming back!" At this moment, the admirals who were staring at the sea became restless again.