Elder brother's garrison

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Xiao Bai looked at the fair and delicate hand that was now almost within reach, and her thoughts skipped a beat.

Xiaobai isn't afraid of being attacked by ship girls, and the surrounding area is spacious enough. The people who were here just now have all gone to chase after the research and construction machine. Even if he shows superhuman physical abilities to fight against the ship girls, he probably won't be afraid of his ship equipment being exposed.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai put her hands behind her back, stared at the black-cloaked ship girl in front of her, and a faint blue flame slowly ignited at the tip of her fingers behind her back.

However, just as Xiaobai was about to use some methods, the black-cloaked figure that pounced in front of Xiaobai did not touch Xiaobai's body with its palm.

Under Xiaobai's watchful gaze, the black-cloaked figure's hands swiftly landed on the ground.

The black-cloaked ship girl suddenly knelt down in front of Xiaobai.

"Admiral Lu Lin—I beg you…I beg you, have mercy!"

The moment the black-cloaked ship girl knelt down, a cloud of dust rose up.

Amidst the dust, a mournful cry, like the lament of a cuckoo weeping blood, rang out.

The smoke cleared.

The black cloak flew up in response, and a ship girl wearing a black robe knelt in front of Xiaobai. Her face was pale, her hands were pressed to the ground, tears were streaming from her eyes, and she looked up in a very humble posture, crying with tears and regret all over her face.

"……"noob.

Looking at the ship girl's attire and the large tears streaming down her face, Xiaobai suddenly fell silent.

I thought about it for a while.

Xiao Bai suddenly realized.

"...You are...Ke Yuan's ship girl?" Xiaobai stared at the kneeling ship girl and asked thoughtfully.

The ship girls dressed in black robes and coats—Xiaobai has only seen them from behind one admiral recently.

"Yes! Yes! Admiral Lu Lin, please have mercy and spare my admiral's life!" The ship girl, her face streaked with tears, nodded rapidly and pleaded with Xiao Bai, "As long as you can save my admiral, I... I'm willing to do anything for you, I'll be your slave, please!"

It turned out to be the case.

Looking at the ship girl in front of her, Xiaobai finally understood what was going on, and she sighed.

Admiral Ke Yuan is probably currently in the Admiral Guild's confinement room, awaiting his final verdict. As for his ship girls... Xiao Bai learned from rumors on the Admiral Forum that Admiral Ke Yuan had done many bad things behind his ship girls' backs. Due to Admiral Ke Yuan's suspicious nature, even his ship girls probably only knew about 10% to 20% of his misdeeds. Ironically, perhaps because of these reasons, Admiral Ke Yuan's ship girls were not severely punished. They were only sentenced to temporary supervision by the Admiral Guild, and after Admiral Ke Yuan's verdict is over, they will be sent to the Military Police for ideological reform and several years of compulsory work.

Compared to Admiral Ke Yuan, who ultimately faced severe punishment, the sentence for his ship girls was quite lenient.

How ironic.

The most ironic thing is that... these ship girls who were suspected by Admiral Ke Yuan, and even had something to hide, actually came to him to plead for him after he was arrested.

"If I remember correctly, since you are Admiral Ke Yuan's ship girl, you should be in the Admiral's Guild right now, right?" Xiao Bai didn't answer the ship girl in front of her, but instead said to the black-robed ship girl in front of her, "Can I take that as you sneaking out?"

Chapter 2884 But I Refusal

Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, the black-robed ship girl kneeling before her trembled and turned pale.

"I had no idea the Admiral's Guild could be so lenient towards criminal suspects." Seeing the black-robed ship girl trembling, Xiaobai thought for a moment and continued calmly to the ship girl in front of her, "If you try to escape from the Admiral's Guild's supervision, it will only compound your mistakes and make your crime even more serious."

"No, no! You've misunderstood!" The ship girl kneeling on the ground hurriedly looked up, shaking her head desperately at Xiaobai. "Admiral Lu Lin, you've misunderstood! I, I didn't escape from the Admiral's guard, I... I just..."

"Just what?"

"...I...we've been very obedient to the Admiral's Guild lately, so...the Admiral's Guild is willing to assign us some tasks to repay our debts...Because I...I've been very obedient, so the task I got was to go out for procurement..." The ship girl stammered as she explained, swallowing hard and desperately trying to convince Xiaobai, "So, I...I just came here to wait for you in the middle of the procurement, I...I didn't run away, really I didn't! Please believe me!"

The ship girl spoke to Shiro almost pleadingly.

Seeing the ship girl's tense expression, Xiaobai thoughtfully covered her mouth and stared at the ship girl's face for a while.

Based on the reactions from the admiral network, Xiaobai was certain that the ship girl in front of him was not lying.

Ok……

However, it was merely to the extent that they did not lie.

She took advantage of the work assigned to her by the Admiral's Guild to go out and come here to find herself. Although it did not really go to the point of "running away without permission", it was still a kind of word game.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai sighed helplessly.

"Alright, since that's the case, I won't take you back." Xiaobai flicked her fingers behind her back, extinguishing the blue flame at her fingertips. She withdrew her arm, crossed her arms, and looked at the ship girl kneeling in front of her. "So... you went to all this trouble, using your position to come here to find me, just to plead for your admiral?"

"Yes, yes! I've been looking for you for a long time!" The black-robed ship girl nodded hurriedly, her hands clasped together in a pleading gesture, tears streaming down her face as she said to Little White, "Please, please have mercy and save my admiral's life! My... my admiral... he has realized his mistakes now, if you can give him a chance, he will definitely turn over a new leaf and be a good person—"

The black-robed ship girl cried like a helpless child in front of Xiaobai.

Xiaobai's brows trembled slightly as she listened to the black-robed ship girl's cries.

"How long have you been waiting for me here?" Xiaobai asked.

“Every day! I wait for you here at this time every day!” the black-robed ship girl said hurriedly. “I’ve been waiting for you for three days!”

"If you want to see me, why don't you go to my temporary garrison?"

“Because…” Upon hearing this, the black-robed ship girl immediately shrank her shoulders and lowered her head in fear, “Even when we go out to purchase supplies, the Admiral’s Guild absolutely forbids us from approaching your residence on our own initiative…”

"I see." Xiaobai nodded, then stared at the black-robed ship girl and asked, "Then why do you think begging me will help?"

"Because you are the world's number one admiral!" The black-robed ship girl looked at Xiaobai with hope and said anxiously, "In this city of Chapter 8, your influence and power are the greatest. If you want to save my admiral's life, you don't even need to do anything. You just need to open your mouth and make a suggestion to the admiral's guild!"

"...Did Ke Yuan send you to find me?"

"No, no, no, we haven't been able to see the Admiral. He... he's still locked up in the Admiral's Guild's detention room!" the ship girl hurriedly said. "We... we only came to find you because we heard what people in the Admiral's Guild were saying!"

"Ouch..." Xiaobai covered his forehead and sighed helplessly.

"Admiral Lu Lin! Please believe me, I didn't lie at all!" Seeing Xiao Bai sigh, the ship girl quickly raised her hand and said.

"I know, I know... You don't need to swear." Xiaobai shook her head, put down her hand, and quietly observed the ship girl's expression for a while. "I roughly understand what happened. In short, you must have heard from some gossip that I have the ability to save your admiral's life, so you tried to come here to bump into me, right?"

"Yes." The ship girl nodded quickly.

"She's quite clever," Xiaobai nodded.

"Then...then could you!" When the ship girl saw that Xiaobai's words showed signs of softening, hope instantly appeared in her eyes.

"No."

However, to the ship girl's astonishment, the next second, Xiaobai simply shook her head and uttered two words that made her feel as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

The ship girl's eyes widened.

"Why... why..."

"Why don't you go ask your admiral yourself how many wrong things he's done?" Xiaobai sighed and said to the ship girls, "I admire your spirit of remaining loyal to your former admiral even after being treated like this... But you also need to know that if even you have this kind of loyalty to your admiral, then... what about those admirals who were betrayed by Admiral Ke Yuan before? Those innocent admirals, do their ship girls feel the same way you do now? You still know to ask me for help, but what about those ship girls before? They were so pitiful that they didn't even know who to ask for help."

"...This..." The black-robed ship girl stared blankly at Xiaobai.

"Let's put aside the question of whether I have the ability," Xiaobai said to the ship girls, "Even if I did, if I really helped you, do you think that's fair to those admirals who were wronged and those ship girls who were treated unfairly before?"

"This……"

“I’m not a good person, and I’m not so kind as to help every admiral who has been wronged,” Xiaobai said. “But I can at least guarantee that under my watchful eye, Admiral Ke Yuan will receive the fairest and most just punishment in the world. That’s all I can do for all the admirals who have been wronged.”

"I...we can compensate..."

"Regarding compensation, the Admiral's Guild will naturally handle it for you after Admiral Ke Yuan's trial concludes," Xiao Bai shook his head.

"...But...but...my admiral has already repented..." the black-robed ship girl said blankly, large tears streaming down her face.

"Isn't Admiral Ke Yuan currently under confinement by the Admirals' Guild? Do you even have the right to see him?" Xiao Bai gave a helpless bitter smile. "Even if he has truly repented, how do you know?"

"..." The black-robed ship girl bit her lip, speechless.

"I don't want to say more about this matter, let's leave it at that." Xiaobai said to the black-robed ship girl, "Go back before the Admiral discovers your dereliction of duty. I'll let you off this time because of your loyalty. But if I see you coming to me for mercy again, you should know the consequences."

Upon hearing this, the black-robed ship girl trembled violently, her face turned ashen, and despair filled her eyes.

The black-robed ship girl slumped to her knees on the ground, her head bowed, large tears streaming down her face.

"Waaaaah...waaaah...I'm sorry...waaaah..."

The black-robed ship girl sobbed softly.

Seeing the ship girls cry always leaves Xiaobai feeling helpless.

Xiaobai held her forehead, looking at the ship girl who was slumped on the ground with a complicated expression.

"I remember that Admiral Ke Yuan's attitude towards you wasn't exactly good either. He always punished you more than he praised you, and he would even force you to do bad things. Why do you still keep thinking about such an incorrigible person?" Xiao Bai asked.

"...He...did many bad things...we've let so many people down..." The black-robed ship girl lowered her head, letting tears fall to the ground, her voice filled with sorrow, "...but...he...he is still...our admiral..."

An expected answer.

Xiao Bai rubbed his temples, looking somewhat worried.

Xiaobai turned around and left the spot.

The ship girl behind her bent over and lay face down on the ground, burying her face in her hands and bursting into tears.

Xiaobai stopped and turned around, giving the ship girl lying on the ground a complicated look.

Xiaobai sighed for the third time.

"Although... I won't save your admiral," Xiaobai said to the kneeling ship girl, "but... at least I can let you see your admiral one last time."

The ship girls on the ground paused in their sobs.

The ship girl raised her dusty face, opened her mouth, and looked at Xiaobai hopefully.

"Letting you see your admiral one last time is already my final concession," Xiaobai said, pointing at the ship girl. "Even this is still very unfair to the admirals who were harmed by your admiral before, so don't even think about anything else, including trying to rescue your admiral. That's impossible, do you understand?"

The ship girl stared blankly at Xiaobai, then gasped and nodded quickly.

"Thank you... thank you Admiral Lu Lin! Thank you so much! Thank you for your mercy!" The ship girl quickly kowtowed to Xiaobai.

dong dong dong.

The ground was filled with dust from the knocking of the ship girls' foreheads.

Xiaobai looked at the ship girl kowtowing on the ground, then shook her head and left.

Little White quickly disappeared from the ship girls' sight.

The black-robed ship girl, panting, looked in the direction where Xiaobai had left, kowtowed several more times, and then hurriedly and shakily got up and staggered towards the Admiral's Guild.

The black-robed ship girl quickly ran back to the Admiral's Guild.

The world's number one admiral truly speaks the truth.

Just as the black-robed ship girl returned to the Admiral's Guild, she had barely entered the guild entrance when a ship girl attendant immediately approached her, looking at her, who was covered in dirt, with a complicated expression.

"Why did you get yourself into such a state... Sigh, never mind, hurry up and get your things ready. After you're done, I'll take you to the solitary confinement room."

The ship girl attendant looked at the black-robed ship girl with a complicated expression.

Chapter 2885 Save Me!!!

Although I didn't receive any order for rescue from the world's number one admiral, at least... I'll be allowed to see him on an exception.

The black-robed ship girl is already grateful enough to the world's number one admiral.

Upon hearing the words of the ship girl attendant, the black-robed ship girl was moved to tears. She nodded vigorously, thanking the ship girl attendant, and then followed her all the way to the Admiral's Guild's staff rest area.

"Although I'm not entirely sure how you found Admiral Lu Lin and got her permission," the ship girl attendant said, leading the black-robed ship girl towards the bathing area, turning back to her with narrowed eyes, "since Admiral Lu Lin has spoken, we have no choice but to let you see your admiral one last time... Of course, we'll deal with your dereliction of duty after you see your admiral—let me give you a heads-up, Supervisor Yingying is furious in her office right now after she found out you contacted Admiral Lu Lin without permission, so just wait for her to punish you severely."

"I...I'm sorry..." The black-robed ship girl quickly lowered her head, but after a flicker in her eyes, she still pursed her lips and said to her ship girl attendants, "...Thank you."

"Hmph." The ship girl attendant snorted lightly, "If you had known this would happen, you wouldn't have done so many bad things before. Now you know you regret it, is it too late?"

"..." The black-robed ship girl lowered her head, not daring to speak.

Soon, we arrived at the bathing area.

The ship girl attendant opened the door to a private bathroom.

The black-robed ship girl walked in with her head down. After a while, a pair of snow-white arms handed out the black cloth and placed it in the basket.

The sound of running water soon filled the shower room.

The water stains on the ground were filled with the earthy smell of mud, and were a muddy yellow color.

About ten minutes later, the faucet in the shower room was turned off.

The clean-washed ship girl in her black robe lowered her head and carefully pushed open the door to come out.

The black-robed ship girl... well, she is still a ship girl, so she naturally has the looks and figure that a ship girl should have.

Although her body had been covered in filth, after a simple wash, her pretty face, slender and curvaceous figure, and fair and smooth skin were still above the average level for ship girls.

The black-robed ship girl reached out towards the basket, only to find to her surprise that the basket, which had previously held her clothes, was now completely empty.

The black-robed ship girl stared blankly at the ship girl attendant guarding the door.