Elder brother's garrison

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"I'm so sorry! I...I didn't mean to..."

However, when Cologne turned around, the person she saw surprised her.

Approaching Cologne from behind... or rather, approaching the convenience store, was a beautiful woman dressed in black with shoulder-length pink hair and a tired, listless expression.

Yes, she's a beautiful woman.

This ship girl has very beautiful features; her nose is a nose, her eyes are eyes, and she's considered one of the most beautiful ship girls... It's just that, for some reason, even though her skin is clean, her clothes are neat, and her hair isn't messy, she inexplicably gives off a strangely messy feeling.

Cologne watched as the pink-haired beauty, a ship girl, approached him.

The pink-haired ship girl didn't pay much attention to Cologne. She just yawned, casually walked past Cologne, and went to the convenience store.

Then, Cologne's eyes widened.

The pink-haired ship girl immediately opened her ship equipment space and began to stock up—she was like a forklift, constantly throwing rice balls, bread, drinks, instant noodle cups, potato chips, shrimp crackers, jelly, dried fish, and other items from the convenience store into her ship equipment space. While "moving" these supplies, her beautiful face did not show the slightest shame or embarrassment; she remained as indifferent and lazy as ever.

After tossing almost half of the shop's merchandise into her ship equipment space, the pink-haired ship girl stopped what she was doing. Without even glancing at Cologne, she went to the sausage machine, picked up a bamboo skewer, and filled the machine with all the sausages, placing them on a plate she had casually grabbed.

After finishing her work, the pink-haired ship girl finally seemed to have some spare energy to scan the toy categories on the wall of the convenience store.

The pink-haired ship girl casually picked out a few toys and tucked them under her arm. Holding a plate full of sausages, she turned to leave.

However, just before leaving, the pink-haired ship girl finally noticed Cologne—or rather, noticed the toy box in Cologne's arms.

“…Hmm?” The pink-haired ship girl stopped in her tracks. She stared at the toy box in the clone’s arms, and finally looked up to meet Cologne’s gaze.

"..." Cologne instinctively took a step back, quickly clutching the toy box in her arms, afraid that someone would snatch it from her. "You...you...what are you going to do..."

"...You have quite good taste." The pink-haired ship girl didn't actually try to snatch Cologne's things. She just spoke up and praised Cologne weakly, "Of all the Ultraman figurines the convenience store got today, the one you're holding is the most valuable. Do you like Ultraman too?"

"Salted Egg Man..." Cologne was a little confused, but she quickly realized what the pink-haired ship girl was talking about, and she immediately swallowed and nodded, "I guess... I guess so..."

"Yeah, that's good. Let's chat about Ultraman sometime." The pink-haired ship girl nodded and made to leave.

When Cologne saw the ship girl about to leave, she glanced at the convenience store that looked like it had been ravaged by a storm, and finally couldn't help but speak to the pink ship girl.

“Um… I think… you… you took a bit too much stuff…” Cologne shouted.

"...Huh?" The pink ship girl stopped in her tracks, turned back to look at Cologne, and tilted her head. "What?"

"Um... the convenience store is for many people. If you... if you take everything, then other people won't be able to get anything..." Cologne said softly, his voice growing softer and softer, increasingly lacking confidence.

Actually, Cologne regretted it the moment she called out to the pink ship girl.

Cologne suddenly realized that she wasn't a ship girl from the newbie naval base, and logically and emotionally, she didn't seem to have the right to lecture the ship girls from the newbie naval base... But since she had already started speaking, she couldn't stop, so she could only grit her teeth and continue to explain in a low voice.

Cologne always felt like he was about to be scolded.

But... the result was surprisingly good.

The pink ship girl who was called out by Cologne was not angry. After looking at Cologne with her red eyes that seemed to be uninterested in anything for a while, she slowly spoke.

"It's okay, someone will come to restock, and I can eat all of what I have."

"Ah...yes...that's how it is...yes, I'm sorry...I was too talkative..." Cologne quickly bowed.

"Are you new here?" the pink ship girl asked Cologne.

"Um... I, my name is Cologne... I'm a ship girl in the president's personal guard..."

"Oh." The pink ship girl nodded. "My name is Tirpitz, and I'm your guild leader's sister-in-law."

"……what?"

Chapter 3990 This is no big deal

To Cologne's astonishment, the beautiful ship girl Tirpitz, who claimed to be the admiral's sister-in-law, walked to the door of the game room not far from the convenience store. She stood in front of it, glanced at her hands, which were occupied by Ultraman figurines and grilled sausages, then easily lifted her foot and skillfully hooked the tightly closed door with her toe. With several boxes of Ultraman figurines in one hand and a plate of fragrant grilled sausages in the other, she walked in expressionlessly.

As soon as Tirpitz entered the room, a lively welcome erupted from within.

"Tirpitz! You're back!" A clear, slightly reserved voice rang out first.

"Oh, you brought back quite a lot of things this time! You've worked hard!" Immediately afterward, another equally pleasant voice, even more gentle and cheerful, rang out.

"Well, thank you for your hard work, so it's your turn to go next time." Tirpitz's voice was as languid as ever.

"Okay, okay, let's continue with rock-paper-scissors."

"No, no, you can't beat a company at rock-paper-scissors!"

"Sigh, you guys decide what you want. I'm not going next time anyway." Tirpitz's voice was full of exhaustion, as if her shopping spree at the convenience store had drained all her energy.

“That makes sense, then let’s proceed in order,” said the gentle and cheerful voice.

"good----"

"Oh, by the way, Tirpitz, you took a few minutes longer this time than before. Did you run into some admiral along the way?"

"Xiao Bai?!" The reserved yet clear voice immediately became alert.

"No."

"Oh..." The reserved and crisp voice immediately relaxed.

"Did you run into someone else?"

"That's it."

"What do you mean 'I guess so'... Huh!? Did Bismarck catch you?"

“Impossible, impossible! Bismarck must be stealing aluminum right now. Besides, she already came here once before.” A gentle and cheerful voice immediately retorted.

"That makes sense... So who did you run into? It wasn't Little White or Bismarck, so who else could have kept you occupied for so long?"

"Just a newbie I don't know... I think his name is something like that... never mind... I've forgotten."

"You forget so quickly!"

"..."

The game room Tirpitz entered was slowly closed by a hand, and the sounds inside were no longer heard as the door shut.

Cologne stood at the entrance of the convenience store, staring blankly at the tightly closed game room. It took her a while to come to her senses, and she couldn't help but swallow.

Uh... that pretty ship girl just now... her name was Tirpitz... right?

Cologne touched the hair behind his ear, frowning in deep thought.

She said her president's sister-in-law... this relationship is just too complicated...

It must be...it must be a joke...right...?

After pondering for a long time, Cologne still wasn't quite sure about Tirpitz's statement. In the end, after much deliberation, she simply took it as the witty remark of a ship girl with a peculiar personality...

Just as Cologne was lost in thought, another series of light, frequent footsteps approached from behind.

Cologne immediately turned around, and then she saw several ship girl maids pushing shopping carts full of clothes, taking small, quick steps as they hurried to the convenience store.

As soon as these ship girl maids arrived at the convenience store, they immediately began unloading goods from their shopping carts and continuously transporting and placing them inside. In no time, the convenience store, which had seemed to have been swept away by a whirlwind, was once again fully stocked and ready to go.

After doing all this, the ship girl maids went to their respective shopping carts, then pushed them away quickly, disappearing around the corner of the hall.

Cologne watched the departing ship girl maids, then looked at the dazzling array of goods in the convenience store, and finally looked down at the half sausage and a box of Salted Egg Man figurines in her hand.

"...So...it was me who was making a fuss over nothing..." Cologne murmured softly.

Those ship girl maids who suddenly appeared just now seem to be the "important personnel" who maintain all the order and operation of the functional areas in the President's Hall. After a brief recollection, Cologne realized that they were also the ones who were responsible for cleaning and taking out the trash before.

These maid ship girls always appear when they are needed, but otherwise they are nowhere to be seen.

So... are they also ship girls from a newbie naval base...?

Since they're in the guild hall, this place should logically be full of rookie ship girls from the naval base...

Where on earth did the president find so many strange ship girls...?

Ok……

And then again, if I'm not mistaken... all those ship girls look exactly the same?

Whether it's ship girls who look exactly alike or have identical figures, or situations where several suddenly appear... is this really reasonable?

Could it be a clone?

Ship girls have clones now?

The other ship girls around didn't seem to react strangely to the maids, as if they were used to their presence... Compared to them, she, who was always startled, seemed particularly out of place...

Cologne pondered for a long time, but as she thought about more and more things, her mind began to buzz—she felt that even though she had only stayed in the President's Hall for two more days, and should be getting to know the place better and better, she was actually becoming less and less able to understand its structure.

When Cologne returned to the president's office from the convenience store, her teammates also gradually returned.

Snacks and milk tea were laid out on the table near the sofa, and the ship girls were making cheerful noises, as if they had just finished an adventure and were sharing what they had seen and heard along the way.

"Cologne, you were just spacing out by the convenience store for ages, what's up?" Cologne's teammates asked with smiles as soon as they saw him.

“Eh… I…” Cologne shook her head, walked to the sofa, and handed the toy box in her arms to Königsberg.

"Hey! Isn't this the Ultraman 20th Anniversary Special Commemorative Reissue: Everyone Became Light Dual-Form Ultraman Figure?!" Königsberg's eyes lit up, and she excitedly held the gift box high in her hands. "This is a priceless, extremely rare souvenir! Cologne, did you get it from a convenience store?!"

"Yes."

"This is for me? Thank you, Cologne!" Königsberg immediately hugged the toy, happily leaned over and kissed Cologne on the cheek. "My best friend! You didn't forget me!"

"..." Cologne rubbed his cheek, looking at the snacks and milk tea on the table with some confusion. "Um...everyone...I have a few questions..."

"Hmm? What's the problem?"

Have you all chatted with the other ship girls in the guild hall?

"Huh?" The other ship girls were taken aback and exchanged glances.

"A few times... I think, when I went to the coffee shop to get coffee, I ran into a little girl who looked like a doll. I saw her wearing a dress and tiptoeing to get the coffee, and I told her that children should drink more milk and less coffee because it's bad for their health... and guess what? After hearing that, she just glanced at me, then took the doll off her chest and told me that she didn't need to drink milk at all." A ship girl said with an extremely embarrassed expression, "Goodness, you guys don't know, her small body looks delicate and fragile, but when she stands up, her chest is bigger than all of ours... I was stunned."

"That's true. I also met a few new ship girls from the naval base near the indoor pool. They weren't as arrogant as I'd imagined. Although they seemed a bit wary when they first saw me, their attitude immediately warmed up after they heard that we were the president's personal guard. In the end, they even pulled me aside and told me a lot about the map, buildings, and various facilities of the new naval base, saying things like they'd probably come in handy later..."

"Me too, me too..."

"..."

The ship girls immediately started chattering away.

Cologne listened to her teammates' remarks and then sat down next to Königsberg.

Königsberg was stroking the toy box with a satisfied expression, looking like he couldn't put it down.

Cologne looked at Königsberg and couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you going to take them apart?"

“Cologne, you just don’t understand,” Königsberg immediately said. “This kind of thing is worthless once it’s opened! It has to be stored in its packaging; even the slightest damage to the packaging is unacceptable!”

"Is that how it's said...?"

"Yes."

"Königsberg, have you chatted with the ship girls in the newbie naval base too?"

“Me? Hmm…yes, I just ran into a few destroyers at the arcade and stopped to chat with them.” Königsberg nodded, but her gaze didn’t leave the toy box in her hand, which she was still lovingly stroking. “Those destroyers were quite interesting. They seemed more energetic than the destroyers from the usual naval bases. I remember one of them even showed me the ring on her hand.”

"...Huh? A ring? Could it be..."

"You're overthinking it. That's a destroyer, so it's definitely a toy ring."

"Oh..." Cologne patted her chest in relief and nodded to Königsberg. "Indeed... I just met a newbie ship girl from the naval base. She was very beautiful and had a great presence, but she told me she was the guild leader's sister-in-law."

"That's how the ship girls at the newbie naval base are; they like to joke around," Königsberg said to Cologne with a smile. "But that's not necessarily a bad habit; at least they're much easier to get along with than we imagined, aren't they?"

“That makes sense…” Cologne murmured in response to Königsberg’s words.

The surrounding environment suddenly became calm.

Cologne glanced at the open office door to the side, listening to the incessant clatter of keyboards inside, and then turned to look at the president's hall in front of her.

Inside the guild hall, the ship girls came and went, and the various functional areas were full of wonderful things to offer.

As Cologne looked at the document, he suddenly realized that the things that had puzzled him before were now completely unnecessary.

...This is indeed a very good place.

Apart from that... it doesn't seem like those are things I should be worrying about.

Chapter 3991, Node 8-4 Sea Area.

Today marks the third day since the Black Tower descended upon this sea area.

Compared to the trepidation and unfamiliarity they felt when facing the Black Tower in the previous two days, the admirals of Chapter 8 have gradually begun to adapt to the existence of the Black Tower, understand some of its rules, and some of them have even begun to grasp the intricacies of the Black Tower and are trying to use its rules to obtain the greatest possible benefit from this mysterious building.

The Black Tower offers two types of rewards to admirals: one is the rating reward for clearing a level, and the other is the reward for clearing certain levels for the first time.