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"Huh?" Admiral Nanxing looked at Xiaobai with a puzzled expression.
"I'm willing to help Admiral Nanxing's naval base find your ship girl, not for reward or gratitude, but because we're colleagues," Xiaobai said to Admiral Nanxing. "We're both from top ten naval bases in the world, and we were just chatting in a room together, so isn't it only natural to help each other out?"
Xiao Bai reached out his hand to Admiral Nanxing.
"Admiral Nanxing, we're friends, right?"
Admiral Nanxing stared blankly at Xiaobai's outstretched hand. Her gaze lingered on Xiaobai's face and outstretched hand for a few moments before she finally reached out her hand, somewhat confused, and tentatively placed it against Xiaobai's palm.
Xiao Bai grasped Admiral Nanxing's hand and shook the unprepared Admiral Nanxing up and down forcefully.
"Admiral Nanxing, I truly witnessed the beautiful bond between you and your ship girls!" Xiaobai smiled at Admiral Nanxing. "Anyone who can get along well with ship girls, no matter how, is a good person, and I'm willing to help good people like you, Admiral Nanxing! If you really want to do something to thank me..."
Xiao Bai released her grip on Admiral Nanxing's hand, took a step towards her, and beckoned to her with her finger, indicating that she should bend down.
"?" Admiral Nanxing bent down in a daze.
Xiao Bai reached into Admiral Nanxing's clothes and pulled out his cigarette pack.
"Then Admiral Nanxing, please smoke less starting today. Smoking is harmful to your health." Xiaobai smiled at Admiral Nanxing, holding the cigarette pack in his clothes. "I'll confiscate this, Admiral Nanxing."
Xiao Bai took two steps back, put the cigarette pack into his pocket, and patted his bulging pocket.
"..." Admiral Nanxing blinked, looking at Xiaobai who looked like he had done a good deed.
"Admiral Nanxing, time is of the essence, so I won't waste any more time. You can wait here for our good news."
Xiao Bai waved to Admiral Nanxing and turned his head away.
Admiral Nanxing watched quietly as Xiaobai returned to the ship girl's side. She stared at Xiaobai's back, opened her mouth in a daze, and reached out her hand, but Xiaobai and the ship girl had already gone far away towards the gate.
Admiral Nanxing lowered his hand in a daze and touched his chest.
My heart was beating normally, thumping steadily.
A series of indescribable sensations surged through his bloodstream, erupting from his heart and coursing throughout his body, making Admiral Nanxing feel warm and cozy.
After a while, Admiral Nanxing felt his mouth was empty and he wanted to smoke.
Admiral Nanxing subconsciously patted his now-empty pockets, then remembered that Xiaobai had confiscated the cigarettes from his pockets.
After thinking for a while, Admiral Nanxing opened his collar, reached into his chest and pulled out a slightly flattened cigarette case. He took out a thin cigarette that was slightly bent, lit it with a lighter, and took a light puff.
"call--"
Admiral Nanxing leaned against the wall.
Smoke drifted slowly from Admiral Nanxing's mouth, brushing past his red lips.
Admiral Nanxing blinked, staring blankly at the sky.
His expression became somewhat wooden.
Oh no.
—I feel…that child…
—She seems kind of cute.
Chapter 1484 Starting with the Chest
"The admiral is truly a sinful man..."
After leaving the dormitory building, Missouri looked back at Admiral Nanxing, who was staring blankly at her, then sighed with a helpless smile and muttered something under her breath.
"Huh? Sin?"
Xiaobai was taken aback. She looked at Missouri with a puzzled expression in her eyes.
"Missouri, the sin you're talking about is..."
"Missouri thinks that this kind of admiral is pretty good... but if the admiral could be a little more understanding of the hard work of the ship girls and reduce the frequency a bit, that would be great." Missouri said helplessly to Shiro, rubbing her cheek.
"Frequency..." Xiaobai was completely confused.
Just as Xiaobai was about to open his mouth to ask another question, the group had already arrived at Ella's iron gate.
In front of the iron gate.
Miss Connor, with a band-aid on her forehead, stood quietly by the door, holding a roll call book, looking like she had been waiting for Xiaobai and the others for a long time.
"If any of you are going to be away for an extended period, please sign here and fill in your latest return date." Miss Connor looked at Xiaobai and the others, expressionlessly opened the attendance book, and handed it to Xiaobai.
"Okay, sure." Xiaobai took the attendance book from the maid Connor. She opened the book, wrote her name on the list of those who had temporarily left, filled in the latest return date, and finally closed the book and handed it back to the maid Connor. "All done."
"Please come back soon." Maid Connor said to Xiaobai, accepting the attendance list from her expressionless face.
"Yes, thank you, Miss Connor."
"It is my duty to help record the status of the admirals and remind them, and you do not need to thank me."
"I'm not thanking you for that," Xiaobai said with a smile.
"?" A look of confusion appeared in the eyes of the maid Connor.
“Lianlian has been staying underground these past few days, only suddenly appearing when Admiral Nanxing had that accident. It’s really strange no matter how you look at it,” Xiaobai said with a smile to the maid Connor. “When Lianlian was in such a hurry to go back underground, I realized that the reason she suddenly returned to the surface must be because someone helped me send a message to tell Lianlian underground that we need her right now, right?”
"..." Maid Connor.
"If I'm not mistaken, the person who could help me bring Lianlian up from underground must be you, Miss Connor, right?" Xiaobai said to the maid Connor with a smile. "But Miss Connor, really, Lianlian didn't tell me directly that you were the one who brought her up. Was it because you told her to keep it a secret?"
"..."
"Anyway, I'm really grateful to you, Miss Connor," Xiaobai said with a smile to the maid Connor.
“…You’re welcome.” The maid Connor remained silent for a while, then turned her gaze slightly away from Xiaobai’s face and said softly.
The iron door opens.
Xiaobai and the ship girls walked out of the iron gate of the ship equipment research center.
Xiao Bai turned around and waved to the maid Connor on the other side of the iron gate.
Under the quiet gaze of the maid Connor, the iron gate slowly closed in front of everyone.
“…Oh, right.” Seeing the iron gate close, Xiaobai remembered her conversation with the ship girl. She turned to Missouri, “Missouri, what did you mean by ‘sin’ and ‘frequency’ just now?”
Missouri and the other ship girls looked at Xiaobai helplessly.
Looking at Xiaobai's innocent and curious expression, Missouri and Iowa exchanged a glance, thought for a long time, and then smiled helplessly at each other, shaking their heads slightly with a wry smile.
"It's nothing, Admiral."
"As for the admiral... I guess it's best to just continue being yourself."
Iowa and Missouri said with a smile.
"?" Xiaobai looked at Missouri and Iowa with a strange expression, as if their words were implying something.
The uninhabited sea area that Luo Lian pointed out to Xiao Bai and the others was a journey that would take almost a whole day if they took a long detour by water. Fortunately, there were few people on Xiao Bai's side, and if they took the city's well-developed transportation routes, they could easily reach the city near the uninhabited sea area in just a few hours.
Missouri booked the fastest high-speed rail tickets for everyone at the train station. Xiaobai and the ship girls boarded the train, and as the train sped along, just as dusk was falling, Xiaobai and the others arrived at a city near the uninhabited sea area.
Although modern technology is advanced, there are always places that technology and human habitation cannot reach.
Leave the train station.
Xiaobai and the ship girls, carrying a map, traversed mountains and valleys at off-road truck speed, finally making their way to the coastal area of the uninhabited sea that Luo Lian had pointed out.
The coastal area is surrounded by towering mountains that have not undergone any human development and still retain their original appearance.
Xiaobai and the ship girls climbed up the mountain and reached the top.
It's getting late; the sun has sunk below the horizon, and the moon hangs high in the sky.
As soon as they reached the top of the hill, Xiaobai felt a sea breeze carrying a faint salty scent blowing gently towards them from afar.
Xiao Bai looked into the distance.
Under the moonlight and against the backdrop of lush mountains and forests, the vast sea shines directly through the mountains. The blue crescent moon between the valleys is like a glittering gemstone vein, radiating a hazy glow and appearing exceptionally beautiful.
"I can't believe this is a no-man's land..."
Xiao Bai murmured something under his breath.
“This uninhabited sea area is poor in marine resources, surrounded by continuous mountain ranges, sparsely populated, and has many ferocious wild animals. Developing nature tourism would be dangerous in various ways. Because of the dense vegetation, it is difficult to cultivate, and it is easy to be condemned by nature conservation associations if you disturb the land. Therefore, it has not been listed as a top priority development area for the time being, and it has been shelved for more than ten years.”
Missouri followed Little White up the hill. She walked up to Little White and smiled as she spoke to him.
“However, it’s precisely because this place hasn’t been developed much that it has been able to preserve such beautiful scenery,” Missouri said with a smile. “Does the Admiral think the scenery here is beautiful?”
"Hmm...it's pretty..." Xiaobai scratched her head and looked at Missouri. "Oh right, Missouri, what time is it now?"
"Reporting to the Admiral, it is currently 11 PM. There are still four to five hours before the heavy damage protection of the Nanxing Naval Base ship girls disappears."
"Five hours...that's a rather delicate situation..."
Xiao Bai looked at the distant sea with some hesitation.
Xiao Bai turned around and glanced behind her.
Behind Xiaobai, Wisconsin, Iowa, New Jersey, Saratoga, and Changchun also walked up, supporting each other.
"Anyway, Missouri, time is of the essence, let's head to the sea now!" Little White pointed to the sea, said to Missouri, and took a step towards the ocean.
But before Xiaobai could take that step, she felt a pair of hands suddenly emerge from under her arms and lift her into the air.
Suddenly, Xiaobai felt a wonderful sensation as he touched two large, soft mounds on his back.
"Eek!" Xiao Bai's shoulders twitched, and he subconsciously kicked his legs.
"Ah, Admiral, please wait a moment."
Missouri's amused voice rang in Xiaobai's ear.
"Huh? Missouri? What's wrong?"
Xiaobai turned around and looked at Missouri behind him.
"If Missouri isn't mistaken, the Admiral is thinking of going to sea with us later, right?" Missouri said to Xiaobai with a smile.
"Yes... Missouri, you disagree?"
“Hmm… Considering that the enemy’s strength this time may be far greater than before, Missouri doesn’t think the Admiral’s idea is wrong,” Missouri said.
"That……"
"But Admiral, you're still wearing your admiral's uniform. If the ship girl seniors of Admiral Nanxing see you summoning your ship equipment to beat up the Abyssal Fleet, how are you going to explain it to Admiral Nanxing?"
"Uh..." Xiaobai paused, then suddenly froze, "Right, right... then..."
Missouri gently put Little White back on the ground.
"This time, whether it's to use the Admiral Network to search for Admiral Nanxing's ship girl predecessors or to engage in battle with the possible Abyssal Fleet, your presence is absolutely necessary, Admiral," Missouri said to Xiaobai with a smile. "So, Admiral, you must be careful to keep your identity a secret."
"Uh... well, anyway, let me change into my admiral's uniform first. I have plenty of spare clothes in my ship equipment space, I'll start now..."
"That's not all, Admiral."
"Huh?" Xiaobai was taken aback.
"Actually, back at the naval base, Missouri had the good fortune to hear some amusing stories about you and Admiral from Senior Yixian..." Missouri's slender fingertips licked her lips as she looked at Xiaobai with interest. "Because Missouri had already become your married ship at that time, Senior Yixian specifically instructed Missouri to help you conceal your identity when necessary..."
"Uh... Yi, Yi Xian?" Xiao Bai was taken aback. Looking at Missouri's mischievous smile, which seemed to suggest he was about to do something big, she subconsciously took two steps back. "Could it be... you mean..."
Xiao Bai couldn't help but recall some past memories.
"Yes."
Missouri nodded with a smile.
Missouri raised her hands and waved them in the air. A flash of white light appeared, and two pink, gel-like circular patches steadily appeared on her hands.
Missouri gently squeezed down with both hands, and layer upon layer of pink plastic patches appeared like playing cards.
"While your male disguise in the small fishing village was excellent, you will be joining us as a ship girl next time, so to prevent the ship girl seniors of Admiral Nanxing from recognizing your true form, we need to dress you up as a cute girl with a completely different style from before."
Missouri's lips curled up high.
Their gazes were fixed on Xiaobai's broad chest.
"It's time for a complete makeover."
"Supervisor~"
Chapter 1485 It really is good (4500 words)
The moonlight at midnight is round and full.
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