Elder brother's garrison

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With their perfect performance skills, rock stage presence, excellent singing techniques, and bright, resonant voices, they seemed born to be here. No matter how enthusiastic the audience was or how explosive the atmosphere was, they always maintained control of the situation, like two skateboarders riding on surging waves, constantly exuding the aura of being the masters of the venue.

Even Xiaobai and Jinan were momentarily captivated by the two performers' impressive abilities. They even forgot their original purpose and joined the audience in picking up glow sticks and waving them at the performance until it ended.

It's worth mentioning that during the performance, Xiaobai clearly saw that the pink ship girl on the stage and his eyes met for a fleeting moment.

Upon seeing herself, a flicker of surprise flashed in the pink ship girl's eyes, but this was quickly masked by her superb musical skills. As she played her music with fervor, she flashed a radiant smile in the direction of Shiro, then gently raised her hand and blew him a kiss.

This flying kiss brought the atmosphere in the audience to its peak once again.

……

Organizing a concert is indeed a daunting physical task.

Xiaobai had never been a fan of celebrities before. She didn't know how difficult and tiring it was for someone to play an instrument on stage, run and jump, and still maintain a high level of musical performance.

But by this time, Xiaobai had gained some understanding.

As the performance progressed, Xiaobai could clearly see beads of sweat flowing down the pink ship girl's fair skin. Her pink hair on her forehead was matted together, and her cheeks flushed red with each shout of her heart out.

This is... the stamina of a ship girl...

Compared to these two, Aoba's previous singing performances were very powerful and she worked very hard, but in the end... she is not really a rock musician. Her songs are not bad, but if you want to say who is more rock, you can definitely see the obvious difference at a glance.

The performance in the concert hall ended after two cover songs.

After the performance, thunderous applause echoed through the hall.

The ship girls responsible for maintaining order appeared out of nowhere and began pushing the audience ship girls away from the venue, dispersing the crowd.

Xiaobai and Jinan stood in the corner of the concert hall, watching the crowd disperse towards the door. The pink and blue ship girls on the stage were soaked in sweat, panting, with lingering satisfaction and smiles on their faces.

Xiaobai sensed the pink ship girl's gaze again and looked towards her.

On stage, the pink ship girl and Xiaobai stared at each other across the entire concert hall.

Alaska, panting heavily, had a bright smile on her face. She gently tugged at the straps on her shoulder, adjusted the position of the guitar, and then raised her hand, waving enthusiastically at Xiaobai.

Chapter 3776 The Reform Begins!

The two ship girls on stage, exhausted but satisfied, finally walked backstage and disappeared from Xiaobai and Jinan's sight.

The ship girl personnel responsible for evacuating the crowd came to Xiaobai's side. They originally wanted to evacuate Xiaobai as well, but when they saw Xiaobai's face, they immediately showed an extremely surprised expression, as if they never expected their admiral to appear here at this time.

Xiaobai smiled at the ship girls, and the ship girls maintaining order immediately stood at attention and bowed to Xiaobai, then nodded shyly and left one by one.

The ship girls' efforts to maintain order certainly wouldn't last until Xiaobai was done. Soon, the music hall was left in a mess, with only Xiaobai and Jinan remaining.

"Wow—Admiral, the music those two ladies played was amazing!" Jinan exclaimed to Xiaobai from the side. "It's the first time I've ever heard such impactful music!"

"That's it."

"It's a pity the performance was so short; it would have been great if it had lasted a few hours longer," Jinan said, shaking his head in regret.

"...It's been a long time." Xiaobai smiled at Jinan. "Let's hurry up and go."

"Oh! Where are we going?"

"Going to Alaska and Guam, huh? You haven't forgotten why you came here, have you?" Xiaobai asked with a smile.

"Huh? Why are you here... Oh... Oh!!!" Jinan was stunned for a moment. She thought for a few seconds, then her eyes widened suddenly. She immediately blushed and explained, "I...I...I haven't forgotten!"

"Okay, okay." Xiaobai reached out and rubbed Jinan's head, then took her hand and walked towards the stage.

Alaska and Guam had just gone backstage to rest, so Xiaobai and Jinan also headed backstage.

The ship girls maintaining order were all outside the door, and Xiaobai and Jinan, who remained in the concert hall, were not stopped. They walked onto the stage, passed by various musical instruments, and quickly found the door leading to the backstage area.

When she worked as an idol manager in Yuncheng before, Xiaobai had experience working in similar places, so it wasn't difficult for her to find the ship girls' rest room from behind the scenes.

Xiaobai skillfully lifted the curtain and walked into the rest corridor, finally finding the ship girls' rest room there.

The door to the ship girls' lounge was open, and inside was the same dressing room that Xiaobai had visited before. When Xiaobai and Jinan arrived here, they saw three ship girls sitting around the table in the center of the room.

Aoba, who had been tossed into the air by the somewhat out-of-control audience, was sitting on a chair at the table, holding a half-empty bottle of mineral water. Her legs were dangling listlessly, and her heels, clad in boots, were swaying back and forth on the floor.

"Sigh... Alaska sister, Guam sister, I still have a long way to go..." Aoba said with considerable regret.

"Aoba, your singing is excellent. As someone performing here for the first time, your performance is quite good." The blue ship girl patted Aoba's hand gently after hearing his words. "As for the audience losing control... that's just because it's your first time performing in a place like ours, and you don't have any experience in handling it. It has nothing to do with your ability."

"Yes, Aoba, you sing very well." The pink ship girl smiled and rested her chin on her hand, saying to Aoba, "Hmm... to be able to adapt your own song into a rock style in such a short time, maybe you have a lot of talent in rock."

"Thank you, Alaska sister... Thank you, Guam sister..." Aoba scratched his head shyly and smiled at the two ship girls in front of him.

"Oh, by the way, Aoba, speaking of which, why did you suddenly want to perform here?" Alaska sat back down, crossed her arms, and stared at Aoba with curious pink eyes.

"I'm here to learn!" Upon hearing this, Qingye immediately clenched her fist and said earnestly.

"Study?" Guam tilted his head.

“Yes, the older sisters at the naval base all say that in terms of musical ability, Quincy and I, who act out of passion, are only amateurs. But Alaska and Guam are the most serious professionals!” Aoba clenched her fists seriously, staring intently at the two ship girls, her eyes suddenly burning with enthusiasm. “I can’t lose to Quincy in the next naval base idol contest! So I’m here to learn from the two older sisters so I can improve!”

"Not bad, you're very energetic." Alaska leaned back in her chair, holding her head and laughing. "You immediately get energetic when Quincy is mentioned."

"Is this why you want to try a rock-style music performance..." Guam looked at Aoba and nodded slightly. "I understand. I'll cheer you on."

"Thank you, both of you sisters—"

Aoba was moved, but soon became frustrated and lowered her head.

"However, I'm sure my performance just now didn't satisfy everyone... It wasn't until the Alaskan sister's solo that I realized how big the gap is between me and you all..."

"What are you talking about? Lots of people are satisfied." Alaska said with a smile, raising her pink eyes to look at Xiaobai and Jinan standing at the door of the lounge. She grinned at Xiaobai, "Hehe, look, the fans have come running over, haven't they?"

"Ok?"

As soon as Alaska finished speaking, Aoba, who was facing away from the lounge, froze. She looked up and turned to look at the lounge door.

"Who is it... Wow!!! The Admiral?!"

Aoba's expression was particularly interesting the moment he saw Shiro.

A look of surprise, delight, nervousness, and shyness flashed across Qingye's face. She quickly stood up and stammered as she spoke to Xiaobai outside the door.

"Admiral...Admiral?! What brings you here?!"

"Good afternoon, Aoba." Xiaobai greeted Aoba with a smile and led Jinan into the dressing room. "Your performance just now was great, I really enjoyed it."

"Ah... thank you, Admiral..." Aoba blushed immediately, lowered her head and rubbed her hands shyly, "Admiral, you don't need to praise me like that... I'm still far from being as good as Alaska and Guam sisters..."

“The music level in Alaska and Guam is indeed very high, but your field is idols, right? Idols are not just about music.” Xiaobai said to Qingye, “Qingye’s level of idol performance has reached its peak. I have high hopes for you.”

"Ah, thank you, thank you Admiral!" Aoba clasped her hands to her chest, looking flattered. "I... I'll do my best!"

"An idol... well, in the end, is just a girl who's likable. Aoba is so cute, she's bound to be popular," Alaska said with a shrug.

"Aww..." Hearing Alaska's words, Aoba blushed instantly and stammered, "Admiral, Alaska-neechan, Guam-neechan, I...I...I'll go back now...Thank you!!!"

After Qingye finished speaking, she immediately bowed to everyone, then blushed, covered her chest, and ran out of the lounge, disappearing in a flash.

"Alaska, you scared Aoba away," Guam said to Alaska, looking towards the doorway.

"What's wrong? She's so cute," Alaska said with a smile.

"Sigh." Guam sighed, raising her blue eyes to look at Xiaobai, then at Jinan beside Xiaobai, "...But, when did the Admiral and this unfamiliar destroyer arrive?"

"Hello, big sister who plays the piano very well, I'm from Jinan," Jinan said.

"Jinan..."

Alaska and Guam looked at Jinan, nodded to it, and showed gentle expressions.

"The Admiral and the others have been here for quite a while; she was already here when we were singing," Alaska said to Guam. "Guam, didn't you notice the Admiral? I certainly did."

"Ah... Alaska, you know I don't have the courage to look at the audience when I'm performing..." Guam said regretfully.

"So you should change this habit next time, how about we find a place tonight to practice your singing?" Alaska asked with a smile.

"...The courage of Alaska is a quality I can never learn," Guam sighed again.

"Haha." Alaska's lips curled into a smile as she looked at Little White. "So, did the Admiral come here specifically to listen to our concert, or do you have something to do with us? Let me make this clear first: if you're looking for us to go on a mission, we two sisters aren't even ranked among the top in the entire naval base in terms of combat strength. The outcome of the mission might disappoint the Admiral."

"I did come to see you two about something, but I got caught up in your concert halfway through." Xiaobai nodded with a smile, then tugged at Jinan behind her. "Anyway, let me introduce you first, this is Jinan."

"The little girl from Jinan, we've already met."

"I haven't finished introducing her yet. Actually, Jinan is a special ship girl I met in Chapter 8... Her ability is..." Xiaobai put her arm around Jinan's shoulder and told the two ship girls in front of her about Jinan's ability and her purpose for coming. "...In short, that's how it is. Jinan and I used her ability to search for ship girls who could accept missile modifications throughout the entire naval base, and then Jinan came to you."

"Huh? Missile-equipped ships?" Alaska exclaimed in surprise. She pointed to herself, then to Guam. "Me? Or Guam?"

"Would such advanced modifications happen to us?" Guam wondered.

"You'd have to ask Jinan for that." Xiaobai looked at Jinan. "Jinan, what do you think? Is this pink Alaskan Malamute more suitable for conversion into a missile ship, or is that blue Guam more suitable?"

"I'll come, I'll come!"

Upon hearing this, Jinan immediately stepped forward, excitedly raising her hands and rubbing them together towards Alaska and Guam.

"At this close range, I wouldn't know exactly where it's coming from, but whether it suits us or not, we'll find out by trying it out!"

After Jinan finished speaking, he raised his warm palms and gently patted the backs of Alaska and Guam's hands.

White light, like fireflies, emanated from Jinan's body. The light rose from the bottom up and quickly climbed onto Alaska and Guam, enveloping the two ship girls in a pale white halo.

Soon, the light completely penetrated their bodies. Alaska and Guam seemed to sense something, and they subconsciously raised their hands to look at their palms.

Blue and pink light slowly emanated from the depths of their eyes.

"Eh...this feels so strange...my body feels warm..."

Chapter 3777 When the Flowers Bloom

Alaska and Guam are quite experienced ship girls in the newbie naval bases.

This is the common understanding among new naval garrison ship girls.

However, the reason why they are generally considered to have a long service history is not because of their outstanding historical achievements, but because of the time when they joined the newbie naval base. Alaska and Guam were ship girls who joined the naval base before Shiro took office, long before Shiro's brother's time.

In other words, Alaska and Guam have served in the newbie naval base for over ten years, making them veteran ship girls just like Lexington and the others.

Of course, compared to veteran ship girls like Lexington, Hood, and Bismarck who have made great contributions and are highly respected, Alaska and Guam, although they have been in the newbie naval base for just as long, their combat strength as ship girls has never ranked in the top tier of the entire naval base—which is a very common situation in newbie naval bases. Ship girls' ship equipment attributes are naturally divided into high-tier and low-tier, and ship girls' combat talents are also divided into different levels. Since there are ship girls in a naval base who are so outstanding that they shine like the sun, there will naturally also be ship girls who perform more mediocrely and quietly accumulate their strength.

This was an unavoidable outcome.

Lexington and Hood, Bismarck and the like belong to the former category, while Alaska and Guam naturally belong to the latter.

However, even though their combat performance is not as outstanding as that of the upper-class ship girls, Alaska and Guam have never slacked off in their daily training during the ten years they have been in the newbie naval base. Even if they are not ranked in the newbie naval base, they are now fully armed, highly trained, and experienced veteran ship girls. The reason why the newbie naval base rarely assigns them high-difficulty assault missions is not because it dislikes their strength, but simply because there are more ship girls in the newbie naval base who are more suitable for such missions.

The days passed by in the blink of an eye, more than ten years in total.

Alaska and Guam have been fringe ship girls in the newbie naval base for over ten years.

They lead a rather leisurely life, spending most of their time on vacation. Only occasionally will the naval base arrange some light tasks for them under the pretext of warm-up training or maintaining combat readiness, allowing them to get a little exercise.

In other words, Alaska and Guam only realize that they are actually ship girls when they are on small missions.

With nothing to do in their daily lives, the Alaskan and Guam sisters began to develop their own hobbies to pass the time, and music was the first thing that came to their minds.

What's hard to describe is that when they first picked up the instruments, Alaska and Guam, who had only seen a little bit of introductory instruction before, were able to play quite difficult music fluently. The obscure and dense sheet music that was difficult for beginners was as clear as the instructions from the naval base for Alaska and Guam. They didn't even need to think much; their bodies and fingers automatically responded to the notes on the sheet music.

Alaska and Guam's musical talent might be hundreds of times greater than their talent in the ship girl genre.

Gradually, the Alaskan sisters became famous in the rookie naval base because of their music.

All the ship girls in the naval base knew that a pair of gods who controlled the rock and roll on the high seas had emerged from their naval base.

Their music is as fiery and passionate as flames, and the notes they play leap like lightning.

The news even reached the admiral's office in no time.

Finally, the Alaskan sisters had their own music event site, where they could hold their own concerts regularly. The number of ship girls who came to support them increased over time. With each performance year after year, the Alaskan sisters gradually gained a group of die-hard music fans in the naval base. They even released their own records, which ranked among the top sellers in the naval base series of merchandise.

—Alaska and Guam thought that their lives as ship girls would probably just end like this.

Over the past decade, Alaska and Guam have come to realize their own limitations.

Indeed, in terms of strength among ship girls, they are not as good as most of the ship girls in the naval base.

They had witnessed countless times how newcomers who had just joined the naval base had rapidly increased their strength after only one or two months of training. They were already able to dart and weave on the training field, dancing with the waves, gradually becoming the brightest and most dazzling new stars on the water, easily leaving their own more than ten years of training results far behind. They had also seen the moment when some newcomers released their ship equipment for the first time. The excellent and strong massive ship equipment they displayed reflected colorful light under the sky, causing the ship girls of the naval base to exclaim in amazement.

Alaska and Guam, of course, once hoped for that vague idea of ​​"transformation and turnaround".

However... ten years is a rather long span of time.

Upgrades are not something that can be controlled to appear or not. Even if you train hard and improve your skill level, which can increase the probability of the so-called "upgrade opportunity" appearing, in the end, it all depends on the fate of the ship girls themselves.

Expectation, disappointment, more expectation, desolation, more expectation, regret...

Over the course of ten years, even though Alaska and Guam maintained their training day and night to keep up their skills as ship girls, they never once felt the arrival of a "modification opportunity".