Elder brother's garrison

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"You mean Missouri?" Lexington turned to look at Missouri.

Missouri had been sitting quietly on the sofa, watching North Carolina. She only stood up when she saw everyone's attention finally turn to her again: "Missouri volunteered to help Lexington with the work."

"Ah, I see." Little White nodded gratefully to Lexington. "Thank you, Missouri."

"It's just a tiny bit of help. I hope Missouri didn't cause Lexington to back down," Missouri said modestly with a smile.

That's what she said, but Missouri's confident smile showed no sign of worrying about holding anyone back.

“Missouri is amazing, she’s helped me a lot,” Lexington explained to Little White. “Hood told me last time that Missouri is indeed very good at this kind of work. This time she came to help me, and she relieved a lot of pressure.”

Lexington seemed quite pleased with Missouri. She smiled, resting her chin on her hand, and praised Little White highly: "Work has become so much easier without you even realizing it!"

"Wow, that's amazing!" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise as he looked at Missouri.

It seems that the ship equipment has squeezed the ship girls' potential dry, so there are very few ship girls like Lexington and Yubari who can understand human technology. Rather than doing things in a roundabout way, most ship girls prefer to fight directly.

Xiao Bai was surprised to find that Missouri was not only a formidable fighter, but also adept at managing naval bases.

This ship girl is truly remarkable.

“Lexington is too kind.” Missouri shook his head. “Anyway, Missouri doesn’t have much free time, so he just comes out to lend a hand and do what he can.”

"You picked it up very quickly, it felt like it was only slower than you were at first, Xiaobai."

Wow, that's amazing!

Xiaobai was becoming more and more surprised.

Missouri, despite Lexington's unreserved praise, showed no smugness and maintained her calm smile.

She stared at Xiaobai for a while, then took a deep look at North Carolina.

"Admiral, now that you're back, Missouri won't bother you any longer. Missouri will head back now," Missouri said to Little White.

"Hey? There's no need to be in such a hurry. You can stay here and chat for a bit," Xiaobai said.

Missouri simply shook her head at Xiaobai's attempts to persuade her to stay.

She bowed to each of the ship girls behind Xiaobai before leaving the admiral's office.

Xiaobai has gotten used to Missouri's aloof attitude.

Xiaobai took over the job in Missouri.

It seems that his work in Missouri has come to an end, and he has found a place that is very suitable for someone else to take over.

After putting the documents Missouri had processed back on her desk, Lexington completed the registration of the ship girls and finished the incorporation work for North Carolina.

There have been quite a few ship girls joining the naval base recently, and Lexington has also started to habitually keep the ship girl enrollment procedures on hand.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Before you know it, the sun is shining brightly overhead.

The sweltering heat, mingled with the intense sunlight and the salty scent of the sea, enveloped Richelieu's skin.

Richelieu wiped the sweat from his brow in the square and took a deep breath.

Richelieu was normally not supposed to sweat, and this little job wouldn't even make her gasp for breath, let alone sweat.

However, when she entered the naval base, all the resources in her ship equipment had already been removed, leaving only an empty shell of a battleship. Richelieu was just an ordinary young woman who couldn't use any of the power of a ship girl at all.

It's quite tiring for an ordinary woman to do these tasks. Besides, once the ship's equipment runs out of fuel, it means she's no longer the robot that's impervious to heat and cold. Hot and cold weather still have a significant impact on her.

Richelieu looked around and noticed that the number of ship girls around her was decreasing.

"Never mind, let's go eat." Richelieu sighed, stood up from the pile of weeds in front of him, and walked towards the canteen.

Most of the ship girls in the naval base like to eat in the cafeteria. The cafeteria is lively, and going there means they don't have to cook at home. Many ship girls who can't cook or are too lazy to cook like it there.

Upon entering the cafeteria, the cool air from the air conditioner immediately dispelled the burning sensation on Richelieu's body.

Richelieu came to her senses and pulled out her meal card from the inner pocket under her skirt.

Just as Richelieu was experiencing the exhilarating, resurrected sensation on his skin, a rumbling sound came from the vending machine next to him.

Richelieu looked over.

A pair of very long pink pigtails were dragging on the ground, and their owner was squatting in front of the vending machine, looking inside.

Chapter 393 Taihou's Great Resurrection Juice Temple

The pink-haired ship girl with twin tails squatted on the ground, clinging to the vending machine in front of her with both hands, staring at the dispensing slot for a long time.

The rumbling sound must be from someone buying juice.

However, the ship girl waited for a long time but still didn't get the juice that fell.

The ship girl lowered her head, and an air of dejection emanated from her back.

“Uh…” Richelieu thought for a moment, then went up.

Richelieu isn't exactly the helpful type, but this ship girl's dejected figure is certainly quite noticeable.

Richelieu had just finished his morning work and was enjoying the cool air conditioning, so he was in a good mood and decided to go up and ask about the situation.

"Are you in some kind of trouble?" Richelieu asked the figure with pigtails.

The ship girl, who was huddled on the ground, sinking into a dark and dejected atmosphere, heard Richelieu's voice and suddenly raised her head.

“It’s nothing, it’s nothing,” she said to Richelieu with a smile, waving her hand.

Richelieu looked at the glass window of the vending machine.

Sure enough, a can of juice was stuck at a very tricky angle above the dispensing spout, unable to fall down.

“Your juice is stuck,” Richelieu said to the ship girl.

"Uh, um." The ship girl nodded, giving an embarrassed smile. "Now, I'm sorry to have troubled the next person who wants to buy juice."

“…” Richelieu never expected that this ship girl would be thinking about how her juice might cause trouble for others at this moment.

—This kid is pretty good. It seems that not everyone in this naval base is a black-hearted devil.

Richelieu's fondness for this ship girl increased significantly.

"Let's buy a few more things and see if we can knock it down," Richelieu said, pulling out a few coins and dropping them into the vending machine without further ado.

"Ah, no..." Before the pink twin-tailed ship girl could stop Richelieu's actions, Richelieu had already chosen two cans of juice.

With a buzzing sound, two cans of juice were pushed out by the vending machine's spiral metal rod and fell onto the dispensing slot.

Then, with a snap, they formed a pincer movement, blocking the shipping outlet along with the juice the ship girl had bought earlier.

……silence.

Richelieu stared blankly at the juice in the vending machine.

"Ah... I knew it..." the ship girl said apologetically to Richelieu, "I'm sorry, it seems I can't even get your juice."

This was the first time Richelieu had ever seen anything like this in his life.

She swallowed.

“Who manages the vending machines?” Richelieu asked.

"It's managed by Leipzig-nee, and she also runs the canteen's convenience store, but she went on an expedition a few days ago and can't help open it." The ship girl sighed.

This scene was incredibly awkward.

The ship girl scrutinized Richelieu for a moment, seemingly trying to confirm her identity: "My name is Taihou. You must be the new maid, right?"

“Well, just call me Richelieu.” Richelieu glanced regretfully at the vending machine. “I think I’ve made things worse.”

"It's okay, it's okay, I'm used to it." Da Feng didn't care at all. She usually encountered far more unfortunate things than this.

Are you here to eat?

"Ah."

“Shall we eat together?” Richelieu asked.

Richelieu has been at the naval base for almost half a month, and no one has spoken to her properly yet. Working alone is boring, tedious, and lonely. Now that she has the chance to catch a girl who looks pretty good, Richelieu is not going to let her go.

"Uh, okay." Daihou nodded and smiled at Richelieu.

Just as Richelieu was relieved to finally have someone to talk to, Sukuf, wearing a revealing brown-green swimsuit, walked into the canteen.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw Richelieu standing with Dafeng.

Richelieu also saw Sukuv.

Richelieu still felt sorry for this poor girl who had suffered the garrison's atrocities.

"Hello, Succouv," Richelieu greeted Succouv, his eyes filled with pitiful kindness.

Succouv didn't know why Richelieu was looking at her like that, but she didn't say anything. She just nodded to Richelieu and said, "Hello, Richelieu."

Richelieu is actually with Taihou!

Sukuf thought to himself as he looked at Daihou, dressed like a priestess, behind Richelieu.

"What are you doing?" Sukup asked curiously.

“Buy this,” Richelieu said, pointing to the vending machine.

Following Richelieu's pointing finger, Sukoff saw through the transparent glass window three cans of juice stuck on the outlet.

"Ah, it's stuck. That happened a few days ago too." Sulkov said as he walked to the vending machine. "In times like this, just buy a few cans of juice and smash them down."

"Ah, no..." Da Feng quickly reached out to stop her.

Unfortunately, these ship girls were all incredibly fast at inserting coins; Surcouf had already chosen three cans of juice before Taihou could even stop her.

"Buzzing..."

The three cans of juice were pushed outwards by a spiral-shaped iron rod, and under the watchful eyes of the three people present, they fell onto the dispensing chute with a clatter.

Then, stacked together with the previous three cans of juice, they formed a pyramid.

Daiho, Richelieu, and Sukoff stared silently at the juice pyramid at the vending machine's dispensing spout, which was now stacked higher and higher, completely obscuring the spout. The scene fell silent once again.

"Ah... I knew it..." After a long while, Taihou's faint voice finally came out.

Richelieu began to understand how Taihou had felt when she had grabbed him earlier.

"...Well, how about we go eat?"

"Mm." Taihou and Sukufu nodded.

The three of them left the vending machine as if nothing had happened.

The naval base's dining hall was quite large, and since it was just lunchtime, there weren't many people. Richelieu and the others took their trays and got their customized lunches, and then sat down together quite tacitly.

The three people huddled together, staring at the plates and free bottled water in front of them.

"Pfft." Taihou covered her mouth and laughed, "Haha. Hahaha..."

"Someone come here! Taihou has finally gone mad!" Sukufu grabbed Taihou's arm.

"No, no, I'm sorry, I apologize. In such a serious setting, I just couldn't help myself, I just wanted to laugh..." Da Feng wiped away the tears of laughter with a hint of apology. "I just didn't expect the juice to actually be piled up into a pyramid or something..."

“I didn’t expect that either.” Richelieu picked up his spoon.

"Hahaha..." Da Feng covered her mouth and laughed so hard that her twin ponytails trembled.

Sure enough, the more unlucky a person is, the more optimistic they become. Even in this situation, Taiho always manages to find something interesting to comfort and amuse herself.

Richelieu was also one of them.

Despite suffering from the once-in-a-millennium juice pyramid incident, Richelieu, influenced by Taihou, did not feel unhappy at all.

—This kid is really good.

"Is it that funny?" Sukup looked at Taihou and Richelieu with a depressed expression and muttered to himself.

Richelieu, who once kidnapped the admiral, was later retaliated against and placed under house arrest as a full-time maid at the naval base.

Taihou, I don't know what she did wrong in her past life, that makes her such an unlucky kid who is targeted by the whole world.

Surcouf offended the abbot as soon as she appeared, and now her ship equipment is still a shiny, innocent gunboat.

The "Unlucky Trio" consists of three ship girls who are completely different in appearance, age, and even lifestyle and ship equipment, yet they inexplicably reached a consensus and formed a friendship at this dinner table.

Richelieu felt this might be the best lunch he had eaten in recent years.

"Ah, I've got it! I've got it!" Just as the three of them were halfway through their meal, the company's voice rang out from the doorway.