Elder brother's garrison

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Hancock is a young ship girl; only two short years have passed since she emerged from the construction facility.

In other words, Hancock wasn't even born when Xiaobai became the admiral.

Although Hancock's time was limited, her talent was exceptional. Two short years might not be a long time for an ordinary person, but it was enough for Hancock. This time was enough for her to grow from a clueless rookie ship girl into the most outstanding and dazzling ship girl in the entire mercenary group.

Hancock came to the surface of the water and looked at Veneto, who was standing not far away.

Veneto's body was small, with delicate lines, fair skin, red eyes, white hair, and a mature demeanor that was clearly different from her childlike appearance, giving her an aura that was both like a destroyer and not quite like a destroyer.

"Hancock, are you a ship girl the admiral brought from the civilians?" Veneto adjusted her black gloves and called out to Hancock.

“Yes,” Hancock replied.

"Hmm." Veneto nodded, her gaze drifting to the bottom of the glove, and said, "I don't know much about the level of civilian ship girls, but since the admiral has taken a liking to you, you must be one of the more outstanding civilian ship girls, right?"

"..." Hancock did not reply.

"I'm really looking forward to the battle to come. It will be a great reference for me to understand the current combat level of civilian ship girls." Veneto lowered her hand, and with a flash of white light behind her, the huge and majestic battleship crashed into the water with a loud bang.

Veneto's massive ship equipment, compared to her petite body, created an exceptionally powerful sense of impact.

Hancock stared at Veneto, her gaze fixed.

—So she was a battleship?

Hancock summoned his ship's equipment, and a swarm of carrier-based aircraft buzzed out of the runway and into the sky.

From a distance, Veneto watched the carrier-based aircraft take off into the sky. She reached into her pocket and pulled out a coin.

“The battle begins the moment the coin hits the water, how about that?” Veneto said.

“Okay.” Hancock nodded.

Veneto clenched his fist, placed the coin on his thumb, and then flicked it lightly with his thumb.

Ding!

With a crisp sound, the coin spun high into the air, drawing a silver arc in mid-air before finally landing on the water with a thud.

As Hancock watched the coin fall into the water, he began to retreat rapidly, maneuvering and raising his hand to control the carrier-based aircraft in the sky.

Hancock divided his forces into three groups: a cover formation, an attack formation, and a raid formation, preparing to bomb Veneto along three separate paths.

However, just as Hancock had assigned positions to the carrier-based aircraft, an extremely strong sense of crisis instantly overwhelmed her mind, making her body instantly feel cold.

Hancock instinctively looked ahead.

A cannonball, tumbling like a shooting star and streaking with flames, was already approaching her.

"------!"

boom! ! !

boom! ! !

Amidst the flying sparks, Hancock had almost no chance to react before Veneto's shell hit him perfectly.

Veneto's shelling power was exceptionally strong and heavy among all the ship girls. As a result, Hancock's ordinary aircraft carrier body was almost instantly blasted into a major hole. Her entire body flew backward, and the carrier-based aircraft in the sky lost control and fell to the water like rain.

The brief battle was over before it even began.

Snap snap snap snap...

Like rain, carrier-based aircraft crashed onto Veneto's shipboard equipment. Veneto casually caught one of the aircraft that fell in front of him and examined it for a while.

The water returned to calm. Veneto put away her ship's equipment and walked to Hancock, who had been shot away and was now motionless.

Hancock was completely unconscious after that shot. In her unconscious state, her face was pale, her brows were furrowed, and her lips were slightly opening and closing, as if she were having a nightmare.

Veneto bent down, picked up the unconscious Hancock, and carried him ashore.

On the shore, Xiaobai and his group applauded Veneto.

"Veneto, you truly lived up to my expectations!"

“It was just a regular trial,” Veneto said softly, placing Hancock on the floor beside her. Then she gently called out to Rome, not far away.

"Big Sister Big Sister!!! You called me!!"

A familiar sound suddenly rang out in the distance, and a lush green figure parted the crowd and quickly ran to them.

“Rome, she’s in your hands now.” Veneto gestured to Hancock below.

"Oh, oh, oh! Leave it to me!" Roma ran to Hancock's side, skillfully squatted down, took out the ship equipment repair device from the ship equipment space, and quickly attached it to Hancock's body.

Veneto turned his gaze away and looked at Little White.

"Veneto, how good is Hancock?" Xiaobai asked with a smile.

“She’s good at operating carrier-based aircraft, but unfortunately her sense of danger is too slow.” Veneto thought for a while and replied, “I think she probably lacks some high-level combat experience, or the people she usually fights with are of average skill, which makes her subconsciously put herself in danger during combat.”

Chapter 3471 Veneto's Wish

“After all, she’s a civilian ship girl…” Xiaobai smiled at Veneto as he listened to her words.

"For civilian ship girls, this level of skill is already quite impressive." Veneto nodded. "The way she just used three things at once to operate the carrier-based aircraft is something that most of the carrier ship girls in our naval base can do, but it's not necessarily the case in an outside naval base."

"So, Veneto, you're quite satisfied with Hancock's abilities?"

"I wouldn't say I'm satisfied, but thankfully not disappointing," Veneto replied. "Given her current skill level, it might be a bit too much for me to train with her directly. In the early stages of her training, she should need a gentler opponent."

"Oh? A milder opponent?"

“I think those people over there would be quite suitable.” Veneto crossed her arms and tilted her delicate, snow-white chin in one direction.

Xiao Bai followed Veneto's gaze.

In the nearby rest area, four Veneto-class ship girls from Nia's family were hiding behind their seats, cautiously peeking out at them.

After seeing Xiaobai and Veneto turn their gazes towards them, the Veneto-class ship girls quickly shrank back, but soon realized that their actions had been exposed. They then smiled and waved at them apologetically.

"Nia's Veneto-class..."

Xiao Bai looked over there, murmured something softly, and smiled slightly at them.

Xiao Bai raised her arm and waved to them.

The Veneto-class ship girls from Nia's family quickly got up, and the four of them jogged over to Xiaobai and his group.

Veneto of Nia's family had rosy cheeks. She lowered her head slightly, held her arms carefully together in front of her chest, and her silver-white wavy hair cascaded down her shoulders. She looked like a young girl in the throes of first love.

"Admiral Lu Lin, good morning..."

“Miss Veneto, it’s been a long time.” Xiaobai smiled, her gaze sweeping over the four people in front of her. “I saw how you fought just now. You’ve all grown a lot in this time.”

"Thank you for the compliment, Admiral Lu Lin!"

Upon hearing Little White's praise, Veneto of Nia's family immediately grinned, her gray eyes instantly filled with happiness and contentment.

"Veneto." Veneto from the Little White family called out to the four people in front of him at this moment, "I have something to ask of you."

"Hmm? Instructor? What's up?"

“Look at this one.” Veneto gestured to the ship girls of Nia’s family to look at the unconscious Hancock. “This is a ship girl that our admiral recently brought back. She needs a few ship girls who are relatively advanced but not too overwhelming to help her get used to the intensity of the battles in our naval base. I think your level is quite suitable.”

"Huh?" The ship girls from Nia's family were taken aback. "Instructor, you mean... we're supposed to train this ship girl?"

"Hmm, is it inconvenient?"

"No, no, no! Um... it's just that I'm afraid our skills aren't good enough..."

"Don't worry, you're all top-tier ship girls now, so training a newbie who's just entered the naval base is more than enough for you," Veneto replied, arms crossed.

"Wow... Wow wow!!" Upon hearing Veneto's words, the ship girls of the Nia family widened their eyes in surprise, their gazes filled with flattery.

Veneto of Nia's family turned around and hugged Littorio.

"Did you hear that? Did you hear that, Littorio? The instructor said we're already top ten ace-level ship girls!"

“I heard that.” Littorio nodded slightly and said with a smile, “It’s really not easy to hear this level of praise from the instructor.”

"Rome, the Empire!! I'm so happy!"

Veneto released Littorio and turned to embrace Rome and the Empire.

Rome allowed Veneto to embrace her and the Empire together, a faint smile playing on her lips. The Empire, held by Veneto, swayed back and forth, the four of them appearing harmonious and joyful.

Veneto silently watched the four sisters before her, then glanced down at her own Rome, who was squatting next to Hancock.

Rome had by then fully recovered Hancock's injuries, and Hancock gradually regained his senses. Rome helped him up from the ground by the hand.

"Big Sister, she's awake! Then I..." Roma was about to turn around and say something to everyone, but as soon as he turned his head, he saw his sister's staring gaze. Roma was startled and looked at Veneto blankly, as if he had suddenly done something wrong. He hurriedly touched his body and asked in fear, "Huh? Big Sister? What, what's wrong? I...I...I finished all my training today!"

“…It’s nothing.” Veneto withdrew his gaze and casually asked, “What about the Empire?”

"The Empire is sleeping in the spectator stands..."

"Yes, bring her over when she wakes up."

"Ah? What's wrong?"

"Nothing much, I just brought it over to have a look."

"Uh...oh...okay, okay..." Roma looked at her sister, whose behavior was a bit strange, with a bit of confusion, but still nodded, scratched her head, greeted Xiaobai and her group, and jogged away.

After leaving Rome, Veneto let out a soft breath and exchanged a glance with the awakened Hancock.

Hancock held her forehead with one hand, her gaze still somewhat dazed, but after making eye contact with Veneto, her eyes quickly cleared and became serious.

“I lost,” Hancock said.

"Hmm." Veneto nodded. "Did you learn anything from that exchange?"

"...I should ensure my own survival first before considering an attack."

“Very good.” Veneto nodded, pointed to the ship girls of the Nia family standing to the side, “You have quite a talent for combat, but I am not qualified to teach you yet. For the next few days, you can train with the girls here.”

Hancock followed Veneto's gaze to the ship girls of Nia's family.

The ship girls from Nia's family greeted Hancock one after another.

Hancock stared blankly at them, his gaze unconsciously drifting over their conspicuous chests.

"Hello." Hancock bowed to the ship girls of Nia's family. "I am Hancock."

"Hello, Miss Hancock."

"You're not ship girls from our naval base, are you?" Hancock asked again.

"Huh? How did you figure that out?" asked the ship girl from Nia's family, curiously.

"..." Hancock glanced at the smiling Xiaobai, "The Admiral told me how to distinguish you."

The Venetos of Nia's family looked at each other.

"Do we look... different from the ship girls in Admiral Lu Lin's household?"

The Veneto-class ship girls cupped their own cheeks, then looked at their sisters' cheeks. They reached out and pinched each other's cheeks, looking puzzled.

We cannot see the true face of Mount Lu because we are in the mountain ourselves...

Hancock looked down at them silently, without saying a word.

……

The greatest strength of Hancock, this ship girl, is that even though she is a ship girl genius, she can still maintain her resilience and will not be affected by some setbacks in battle.

Even after being instantly killed by Veneto and realizing that the so-called strongest combat force of the mercenary group was only at the bottom level in the world's top naval base, Hancock felt no disappointment or regret. She continued to participate in training as calmly and seriously as ever. Even when Veneto gave her a relatively weaker opponent, Hancock did not complain at all.

Rumble…

On the training field, Hancock and the Veneto-class ship girls were engaged in a series of battles, going back and forth.

The ship girls of the Veneto class in Nia's family are still much better than Hancock's, but the gap between them has narrowed considerably. Unlike Veneto from the Shiro family, who doesn't even know how to hold back, if they hold back a little, they can still achieve good training results.

Xiaobai watched Hancock standing on the water's surface, dodging and maneuvering amidst the cannonballs as he tried to retaliate. She nodded slightly, her face full of satisfaction.

"Although Hancock's strength is not as good as many others, she is really a very good ship girl," Xiaobai said to Veneto beside her.

"Mm," Veneto replied.

“Speaking of which, Veneto,” Little White called out with a smile.

"Hmm?" Veneto looked at Little White.

“I’ve already set up the teleportation network with Super Yamato, and now we can go to many places all over the world. Veneto, is there any place you’d like to visit?” Little White asked Veneto with a smile. “We can go see the mountains and the water.”

“…” Veneto stared at Little White in a daze.