Elder brother's garrison

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Admiral Lian's face turned pale and then red from anger at Admiral Haoding, and finally she covered her chest and let out a long sigh of relief.

"Forget it, forget it, you're the one who's losing anyway, what does it have to do with me? Why should I worry about you..." Admiral Lian muttered, turning her head to Little White beside her, "Little cutie, don't you think so?"

"Uh..." Xiaobai blinked and smiled at everyone, "Ah... yeah, it's a good thing, it's a good thing."

"Hmm... But speaking of which, before Admiral Haoding's ship girls made their move, I never imagined that this salvaged ship girl could actually fly." Admiral Ling thought for a while and said to everyone with admiration.

"Yeah, that's right." Admiral Lian clapped her hands in agreement upon hearing this. "Seriously, where did this cheesy novelist come up with the idea that ship girls can fly in the sky? Where's the science? Where's the theoretical basis? Special ship girls and all that, it's just too absurd!"

"Special ship girls are like this..." Admiral Ling smiled wryly, "Compared to regular ship girls, special ship girls seem to have a lot of strange abilities."

"Hahaha, these special ship girls are truly an eye-opener!" Admiral Haoding laughed loudly from the side.

"I'm going back."

Just as everyone was chatting, a light voice suddenly came from behind them.

The group of people who were chatting paused for a moment and turned around.

The person who just said those words was Duan Shuiliu, who was at the very back of the group.

Duan Shuiliu gazed intently at the sea, her eyes deep and thoughtful. She raised one arm, her palm slightly apart, her slender, snow-white fingers resting against her chin and upper lip, while her other hand supported her elbow, giving the impression of deep concentration.

"Huh? Duan Duan? Did you say that just now?"

Admiral Lian looked at Duan Shuiliu in surprise.

"Okay." Duan Shuiliu nodded, then turned to look at everyone. "I'm going back now."

"Uh...aren't you going to try salvaging the ship girls anymore?"

"We'll talk about it later." Duan Shuiliu shook her head. She paused for a moment, her gaze lingering on Xiaobai's cheek, before slowly saying, "I've collected enough data. I'll go first."

"Huh? Huh...you also did the leveling of 8-4..."

"You guys go ahead," Duan Shuiliu shook his head. "I have something to do."

After Duan Shuiliu finished speaking, she waved to everyone and led the ship girls towards the crowd behind her without turning her head.

Duan Shuiliu's prestige among the admirals stemmed from her status as the captain of the military police. As the saying goes, what admiral is not afraid of the military police? Therefore, when Duan Shuiliu left, the admirals present did not dare to block her way and quickly made way for her.

The top ten admirals could only watch as Duan Shuiliu led his ship girls and disappeared into the crowd.

"Hmm... this Duan Duan is really strange." Admiral Lian murmured to the crowd, looking in the direction Duan Shuiliu had left. "She was fine before, but after watching Haoding complete the challenge of salvaging ship girls, she suddenly became all fuzzy."

"It seems... Duan Duan doesn't really want to salvage ship girls." Admiral Ling tapped her chin, thought for a moment, and said to everyone.

"Hey... it can't be that bad, right? Didn't Duan just say that her military police force also needs strong ship girls to make a difference?"

"Hmm, that's what they said... But Duan Duan left too decisively." Admiral Ling scratched her head, unable to explain her feelings for a moment. She simply said to everyone, "Anyway... judging from Duan Duan's appearance just now, it was as if she had already achieved some goal. She had no more attachment to salvaging ship girls and left completely satisfied."

"Little cutie, what do you think?" Admiral Lian looked at Little White.

"Huh? Shall I speak?" Xiaobai pointed to himself.

"Yeah, just before Duan Duan left, didn't she give you a really meaningful look?" Admiral Lian said to Xiao Bai, one hand on her hip. "She acted like she'd made some kind of promise with you..."

"I have quite a few promises with Sister Duan. I wonder which one Sister Lian is asking about?"

"Tsk, this Duan Duan has been doing a lot of things behind our backs." Admiral Lian clicked her tongue, revealing an angry expression. "Forget it, let's ignore her for now. Next time I catch her, I'll definitely go up and ask her what's going on."

"Now that Admiral Duan Shuiliu has left, Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling, what are your thoughts now?" Admiral Haoding asked Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling, "Now that I have forced out the names and flight capabilities of the salvage ship girls, do you want to strike while the iron is hot and give the salvage ship girls a good challenge?"

"Strike while the iron is hot? No way, no way..." Upon hearing this, Admiral Lian hurriedly waved his hand, "An opponent who can fly will have a huge impact on tactics. I'm not challenging them today no matter what. I need to go back to the naval base and think about my tactics properly before making any decisions."

“Me too,” Admiral Ling said. “I’m not going to try to salvage any ship girls today either.”

"I see, what a pity." Admiral Haoding sighed, his gaze shifting to Xiaobai and Nanxing. "Admiral Lu Lin didn't bring any ship girls with her, and Admiral Nanxing VIII (Three) Phosphorus Nine Ling Qi Jiu Wu VIII-Kon... seems to have no interest in salvaging ship girls, right?"

"Hehe." Little White chuckled foolishly.

“…” Nanxing nodded quickly.

"It seems that no other top ten admirals will be challenging the salvage of ship girls today," Admiral Haoding sighed and said to the crowd.

"Shall we go back to the 8-4 sea area to start a new development?" Admiral Lian asked.

"Um... excuse me." Admiral Haoding shook his head and said with a smile to everyone, "I had already made an appointment with Elizabeth and the others to return to the naval base for a post-battle review after things here are over. It seems I won't be able to accompany you all for the 8-4 sea area exploration today!"

"Haoding isn't being explored anymore either..." Admiral Lian scratched her head, immediately losing interest. "Sigh... then I won't go either. I'll use this time to think about salvaging ship girls."

“Then I’ll add one!” Admiral Ling said.

"You think you know everything? I've already said all the lines!" Admiral Lian said with a laugh and a scolding tone to Admiral Ling.

"Since no one else is going... then Nanxing and I won't go back to the 8-4 sea area either." Xiaobai and Nanxing exchanged a glance, then Xiaobai addressed the others.

"Well then, in that case, let's adjourn the gathering here today!" Admiral Haoding said with a smile.

"Disband!"

Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling raised their hands.

After exchanging brief greetings, the top ten admirals all left the spot.

Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling led the ship girls away, disappearing into the crowd first.

Admiral Haoding followed closely behind. After greeting Xiaobai and Nanxing, he walked alone into the crowd of people watching the admiral.

In just a few minutes, only Xiaobai and Nanxing remained of the top ten admirals on the beach.

"Everyone is walking so fast..." Xiaobai exclaimed.

"Mm." Nanxing nodded, then turned to Xiaobai and asked, "Are we staying here?"

"What are you doing here?" Xiaobai asked back.

"Let's... take a look at what other people are doing in the salvage of ship girls," Nanxing said. "Let's gather some information about salvageable ship girls."

"what……"

Xiaobai suddenly realized, and looking at Nanxing's sincere expression, she couldn't help but smile.

Although this thought might not be very friendly to the admirals watching on the beach, Xiaobai actually felt from the bottom of her heart that even if she and Nanxing stayed on the beach all day, they would not be able to get any more useful information from the battle between the admirals and Montana.

After all... the difference in strength is undeniable...

For Montana right now, going up against ship girl teams outside the top ten naval bases is probably not even a warm-up exercise.

If it's just a warm-up exercise, how much information can she possibly reveal?

"Sister Nanxing, since you don't want to challenge yourself with salvaging ship girls, then there's no need for you to stay in area 8-2 any longer," Xiaobai said to Nanxing after figuring this out. "Won't it be boring for you and your ship girls to stay here any longer?"

“If you’re by my side, anywhere is fine.” Nanxing shook his head.

"In that case... Sister Nanxing, since we have quite a bit of time today, how about you come to my house for a visit?" Xiaobai said with a smile as soon as she heard Nanxing's words.

"...?"

Nanxing paused for a few seconds, then looked up at Xiaobai.

Nanxing's eyes held a clear, yet uniquely wondrous gaze.

It's like a carefree little white rabbit living in the forest, squatting in front of a hunter's trap, staring with its big, ruby-like eyes at the shiny, watery carrot bait inside the trap.

"Sister Nanxing... are you busy?" Xiaobai asked, somewhat disappointed, when Nanxing hadn't spoken for a long time.

“…No.” Nanxing shook her head, subconsciously touching her waist. She then lowered her head and thought for a moment before saying seriously to Xiaobai, “…I have time.”

As Nanxing spoke, she moved closer to Xiaobai, bent down, and took Xiaobai's hand in hers.

Xiao Bai grasped Nan Xing's hand in return, feeling the soft curves of her body against his as she drew near, and the slight friction against him. He couldn't help but smile happily.

Chapter 2978 Montana is still fighting

Above the sea.

Montana sat atop her ship rigging, which had transformed into a giant cannon. As she awaited the challenge from the next group of ship girls, she gently tugged at the bottom edge of her gloves with her fingers. The sea breeze caused her beige twin ponytails to sway to one side, and with a creaking mechanical sound, her long legs, covered in mechanical exoskeletons, swayed slightly in mid-air.

"The battle just now... well, it was kind of interesting, something I haven't done in a while."

"Unfortunately, the time was too short. The battle was over as soon as I got into the swing of things."

Montana smirked as he adjusted his gloves and muttered to himself.

"oops……"

"what a pity."

"I originally thought... all the ship girls of this era were like Patchina, but I didn't expect that most of the battles would be surprisingly boring."

"I haven't encountered an opponent like Pachina since, who can control a large amount of deep-sea energy to fight while simultaneously drawing a saber from his body that can pierce through heavily damaged protection."

"So, Pachina must have been quite a unique individual in this era, right?"

Montana raised her hand and extended it in the direction of the sea breeze.

Strands of beige hair slowly wrapped around Montana's arm in the wind.

"drop."

"Neutral target detected approaching. Tactical jacket automatically activated. Detection radar activated—six ship girl units detected. Proceed to tactical prediction phase?"

Just then, a crisp notification sound rang out.

A string of data flashed across the chip in front of Montana's eyes.

"Oh... so soon, is the next team already out?"

Upon hearing the sound, Montana lowered her arm, lightly patted the ship's rigging beneath her, and jumped off the giant cannon.

Montana stretched out her arms, gazing at the horizon. In the distance, a group of fully armed ship girls were nervously approaching Montana's direction.

"Speaking of which, given the commotion I caused at sea, Pachina and her admiral are probably watching me from somewhere on the beach right now, aren't they?"

"what."

"Then I'd better put on a really good show."

"Just watch me."

"..."

"I'm really looking forward to the next battle."

Montana muttered to herself, her gaze fixed on the approaching fleet of ship girls in the distance. A faint flame slowly ignited within her beige pupils as she curled her lips into a smile.

The ship girls in the distance trembled at that moment.

Do not know why.

A sudden sense of panic, as if they were being locked onto by a giant beast, arose in their hearts, and their limbs became powerless.

"What, what's going on?"

"I... I suddenly feel so scared... It's like I'm being watched by something terrifying!"

My legs started shaking!

Are you the same?

"..."

The ship girls immediately stopped in their tracks, hugging their trembling shoulders and looking blankly at their teammates.

However, at this moment.

A ship girl who was staring in the direction of Montana suddenly had her pupils shrink.

"Alas!!!"

The ship girl pointed to Montana's location and screamed.

"No, this is terrible! Look! They're attacking, salvaging ship girls! They're coming straight here carrying golden turrets!!!"

"Huh? Aren't we still a ways away from the area where we can salvage the ship girls?!"

"We're not ready yet—"

"wait----"

"Boom boom boom boom boom——"

The voices of the ship girls were eventually drowned out by the endless sound of cannon fire.

The sea surface churned and churned endlessly in Montana's hands, fueled by his thirst for battle.

……