Elder brother's garrison

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Ok.

In a sense, Admiral Haoding is indeed a man who doesn't fuss over details.

I don’t know how long it took.

Xiao Bai read through the entire reclamation diary left behind by Admiral Haoding.

After Xiaobai finally finished reading the last diary entry on Admiral Haoding's USB drive, and the file in the window could no longer be scrolled down, Xiaobai, sitting at her computer desk, took a deep breath, released the mouse, leaned back in her computer chair, and stretched out a big yawn towards the ceiling.

"Hmm—finally finished watching..." Xiaobai groaned softly, talking to himself.

After a night of intensive study, Xiaobai finally gained a basic understanding of the situation in the sea area in Chapter Eight.

Judging solely from the reclamation diaries left by Admiral Haoding.

What impressed Xiaobai the most about Chapter 1743 was not the combat power of the deep-sea ships in the sea, nor the treacherous terrain of Chapter 8, nor the concentration of deep-sea fog that far surpassed that of the previous seven chapters, but rather the supplies that she had never considered before.

That's right, it's supplies.

If there's any fundamental difference between the eighth chapter and the previous seven chapters' sea areas that Xiaobai is about to visit... it's that the eighth chapter is different from the other seven chapters. The eighth chapter is a completely unfamiliar sea area that has never been explored by anyone.

At first glance, this explanation seems like nonsense.

However, upon closer reflection, this is indeed a very important point.

Undeveloped sea areas mean that the surrounding land is uninhabited, and naturally, there is no Admiral's Guild. However, the Admiral's Guild is an extremely important building for the Admirals.

Ship girls require a lot of supplies for long-term operations.

Fuel, ammunition, steel, aluminum blocks, rapid repair devices—as long as the ship girls are in battle, the amount of supplies they consume every day is not small. If the supplies consumed by the tens of thousands of ship girls active in the chapter's sea area were piled up together, they would amount to an extremely exaggerated number.

Normally, it is the Admiral's Guild that provides resource support to the Admirals so that the ship girls can fight without any worries.

The Admiral Guild builds roads and bridges, and opens up high-intensity transportation channels by land, sea and air, continuously transporting large amounts of resources from all over the world to each chapter's sea area, supporting the daily consumption of the ship girls.

The Admiral's Guild is an organization that operates behind the scenes for the Admirals. It has become integrated into the lives of the Admirals in the chapter's sea area and has become an organization that the Admirals take for granted.

Even Xiaobai was like that before.

However, it wasn't until Xiaobai finished reading Admiral Haoding's diary that he truly realized the fact that there was no Admiral's Guild in Chapter 8.

The four resources—the rapid repair device and various ship girl equipment—will all need to be prepared by Xiaobai himself from now on. He will have to move them from the naval base's warehouse all the way to Chapter 8. The time and effort involved will be an exorbitant amount.

Moreover, he hadn't even considered that the perilous environment of Chapter Eight was simply unsuitable for the deployment of ordinary logistics teams.

"This is really difficult..." Xiaobai sighed and rubbed his temples.

No wonder even Admiral Haoding said that he himself was afraid he couldn't even start clearing the eighth chapter of the wilderness. Putting aside the difficulty of clearing the wilderness itself, the progress bar hadn't even been jumping for long before Haoding Garrison was about to collapse in the embarrassing predicament of having no supplies.

Supplies...

That is indeed a problem.

Judging from the scale of Chapter 8 and Admiral Haoding's diary, the difficulty of this expedition should be far greater than the previous deep-sea activities he had experienced, and the amount of supplies required should naturally be at least ten times greater.

Hmm... Putting aside the four basic resources, the sheer number of rapid repair devices in reserve is a problem...

The newbie naval base doesn't lack quick repairs, but even a novice like her can't move all the quick repairs from the newbie naval base's warehouse to Chapter 8 in one go. The ship girls' equipment space carrying capacity is limited, and without supplies, the newbie naval base won't last long.

Please fix it quickly...

Quick repair...

...Wait a minute, speaking of quick repairs...

Xiao Bai, who was deep in thought, suddenly opened her eyes and looked at the bedroom door.

Xiao Bai's gaze seemed to penetrate the bedroom door and reach directly into the bedroom where the Kitchen Goddess resided.

—Can't the Vesta repair ship girls' equipment at zero cost?

With the goddess of the hearth around, I shouldn't have to worry about repairing the ship's equipment, right?

The more Xiaobai thought about it, the brighter her eyes became.

There was a snap.

Xiao Bai clasped his hands together, his face beaming with joy.

Oh! No wonder she's the goddess of the hearth!

As I suspected, the Vesta's healing abilities have extremely high tactical value!

Especially now, with supplies almost completely cut off, Vestal has become a top-tier ship girl due to her unique healing abilities!

I made the right choice coming to Kyoto to find the Kitchen Goddess!

"Looks like the exploration of Chapter 8 might go surprisingly smoothly..." Xiaobai muttered contentedly, then shut down the computer with satisfaction, unplugged the USB drive, and said, "I'll finish the rest when we get back to the naval base. It's getting a bit late, and leaving the lights on will disturb Changchun and the others' sleep..."

As Xiaobai spoke, she turned to look at the bed.

"Changchun, I've finished reading it..."

Xiao Bai had just started calling out to the bed behind him when he saw Changchun and New Jersey on the bed. He was stunned for a moment, then quickly covered his mouth.

On the bed, Changchun and New Jersey were sleeping soundly, embracing each other like koalas, their foreheads gently touching and their arms around each other's waists. Even though the bedroom lights were on, neither of them showed any sign of waking up.

Xiao Bai blinked and looked at the clock in the room.

The hands of the clock had already pointed to three in the morning.

—So I've been looking at documents for so long...

Xiaobai glanced at the clock and shrank back. She looked apologetically at the two ship girls on the bed, especially lingering on Changchun's seemingly unsatisfied sleeping face for a moment. Then, she tiptoed up from the computer chair, carefully walked to the bedroom door, turned off the light, and climbed onto the bed slowly without even taking off her clothes to minimize the noise.

There was no room left for Xiaobai between Changchun and New Jersey, so Xiaobai crawled to the side closer to Changchun and lay down next to him.

The bedroom was dark.

The bedroom was also very quiet.

Changchun, who was asleep, did not notice Xiaobai coming up behind her.

Xiaobai leaned closer to Changchun's body, pressing her own body against Changchun's back. In the darkness, she raised her hand and gently pressed it against Changchun's soft waist. Her palm slid down along the curves of Changchun's body, slipped inside Changchun's pajamas, and pressed against Changchun's flat, soft belly.

It's like stroking velvet with your palm.

You can feel a slight indentation in Changchun's navel in the palm of your hand.

The skin in Changchun is so soft, it feels so good to touch...

There's nothing in this world more blissful than sleeping with a sweet, soft girl in your arms after a long day at work.

If there is one, it is to hold two sweet and soft girls.

Xiao Bai scratched Changchun's belly, feeling its fingertips sink slightly into the soft skin, the smooth touch from its palm. Then it sighed contentedly, leaned closer to Changchun, and fell asleep peacefully in the tranquility, feeling the warmth from Changchun's body.

Xiaobai's last day in Kyoto has come to an end.

Early the next morning.

After getting up, Shiro and the ship girls started packing their luggage to leave Kyoto. To be honest, there wasn't much to pack. Shiro, Changchun, and New Jersey hadn't brought much with them to Kyoto. Mutsu only had a suitcase, which she had packed before coming to Yubari's house yesterday. As for Vestal, she was leaving with nothing, so there was no need for her to pack.

They said they were tidying up.

For the newbies and the ship girls, it was more like a chat before an outing.

"Don't worry, now that I've decided to follow you, I'll definitely help you become the world's number one admiral!" The Goddess of the Hearth patted Little White's shoulder with conviction, earnestly swearing an oath to him. "So you have to work hard too! Let's strive together!"

"The goddess of the hearth is truly full of fighting spirit!" Mutsu clapped at the goddess of the hearth.

"Of course! I'm the type who, once I've made up my mind, I'm determined to do it well!" The goddess of the hearth confidently put her hands on her hips.

Shiro silently watched the interactions between the ship girls, smiling without saying a word, but her gaze quietly shifted to Yubari's bedroom.

The mornings at the Yubari residence are especially lively.

Strangely, Yubari, who usually doesn't get up too late, was the last member of the family to leave the bedroom today.

While Changchun was in the kitchen making breakfast, Xiaobai knocked on Yubari's bedroom door.

"Yubari, are you still sleeping? Do you want to have breakfast together before you leave...?"

crunch--

The door to Yubari's bedroom wasn't locked, and Shiro knocked on it twice to open it.

After the door opened, Xiaobai discovered that Yubari's bedroom was empty, and even the bed was neatly made.

"Huh?" Xiaobai looked at Yubari's bedroom in surprise. She walked into Yubari's bedroom out of curiosity. Just as she was about to call out to Yubari, she found a note on Yubari's bedside table.

Xiao Bai picked up the note and looked at it.

The note was blank except for the sentence, "Admiral, I'm off to work!"

"Did Yubari go to the Ship Equipment Research Center...?" Shiro stared blankly at the note Yubari left behind, then suddenly realized, and sighed helplessly, "I know, Yubari probably just isn't good at saying goodbye..."

Chapter 1744 Chaos Arrives

Yubari is truly a simple person.

Today, Shiro will take New Jersey, Nagaharu, Mutsu, and Vestal with her to leave Kyoto, while Yubari will continue her research at the Ship Equipment Research Center. The Yubari family home, which had just become lively, will soon become quiet again.

Before lunch yesterday, Yubari was thanking Shiro, saying that Shiro brought some liveliness to her quiet home. She was probably a little reluctant to leave her people. Today, as she and her group packed their things to leave Kyoto, it was perhaps a very difficult occasion for Yubari to say goodbye. Rather than feeling reluctant and awkward at parting, she preferred to casually toss a note and say goodbye to them in her own unique way.

That's quite like something Yubari would do.

Shiro sighed, folded Yubari's note, put it in his pocket, and left Yubari's bedroom.

"Admiral, breakfast is ready—wait, where is Yubari-neechan?" As soon as Xiaobai stepped out of Yubari's bedroom, Changchun came out of the kitchen carrying a bowl of white porridge. Seeing Xiaobai emerge from the empty Yubari bedroom, she asked Xiaobai with some curiosity.

"Yubari left a note saying she went to work." Xiaobai smiled helplessly at Changchun. "She's probably not good at saying goodbye to us."

"Ah..." Changchun responded blankly, holding the white porridge, his eyes slightly dimmed. "I see... It's a bit of a pity that I can't thank Sister Xizhang in person for taking care of me during this time."

"Well... we can talk to her again when we come to Kyoto next time we have time." Xiaobai took the bowl of congee from Changchun and smiled at her. "It's not like we'll never see each other again, so a few more days won't make a difference, right?"

"Ah! Yes!" Changchun smiled in realization after hearing Xiaobai's words. "The Admiral is right!"

Changchun skipped and hopped back to the kitchen.

Had breakfast.

It was almost time to leave Kyoto, so Shiro and the ship girls left the Yubari family and headed towards Kyoto's train station.

Kyoto's train station is always packed with people, whether it's spring, summer, autumn, winter, peak season, or off-season. Shiro and the ship girls arrived at the train station entrance and queued for a long time before finally managing to squeeze into the station with the flow of people.

The train station was bustling with people, with pedestrians coming and going all around. Xiaobai, after all, lacked experience in leading the ship girls to experience society in such a noisy place. As soon as she entered the crowded train station, Xiaobai started to panic. She led the ship girls east and west in the congested train station, being swept around by the waves of people, and finally arrived at the ticket gate.

"Admiral, when does our train depart?" Changchun asked Xiaobai curiously, looking at the long line of people at the ticket gate.

"The train? Hmm... My train ticket is for 10:30 AM." Xiaobai said, taking out her phone to check the time, then her eyes widened. "Huh? It's already 10:00... Then I need to get it right away... get the ticket, get the ticket..."

Xiao Bai frantically opened the mobile app, then, holding the phone, searched for the automatic ticket vending machine near the ticket gate.

In the past, the ship girls would help Xiaobai book train tickets, but this time Xiaobai made all the decisions herself. She did lack experience in buying train tickets—such as needing to pick up the tickets two hours in advance and go through a series of procedures.

"Admiral, do you need any help?" Mutsu asked Shiro, who was frantically looking around. "The ticket booths are divided into self-service and manual ones. If you can't find the ticket machines, the manual ticket area is in the hall we passed earlier."

"Ah! Right, you can also do it manually... uh, but it'll probably be packed with people there, right? Will the queue take a long time..." Xiaobai shrugged and asked worriedly.

"Well..." Mutsu nodded, giving Shiro an apologetic smile, "It should take about half an hour from queuing to getting the ticket."

"Huh? Then there won't be enough time..." Xiaobai suddenly became nervous.

"The time is a bit tight..." Mutsu nodded.

"Then...then we really need to find a nearby ticket vending machine..." Xiaobai clutched her phone tightly, nervously continuing to search for a ticket vending machine. "If we get our tickets any later, and miss the boarding time, we might have to reschedule our tickets..."

"Tickets? I've already gotten them for you." Just as Xiaobai was in a flurry of activity, a pair of hands held out several light blue tickets to Xiaobai.

The first ticket that reached out to me had Xiaobai's name on it.

"Ah! Thank you!" Xiaobai looked at the ticket in front of her with surprise. Without thinking too much for a moment, she quickly took the ticket and thanked the person, "Thank you..."

"You're welcome, Admiral~" Yubari, dressed in sportswear, stood in front of Shiro, pressing down on her pink baseball cap while grinning at Shiro.

“…Huh?” Shiro was stunned. “Yubari?!”

"Hello, Admiral, it's been a few hours! How are you?" Yubari said, waving at Shiro and then looking at the other ship girls, giving them a friendly, light wave. "Hehe, I'm here too!"

"Yubari, didn't you go to work? What are you doing here?"

“Yeah, I went to work.” Yubari nodded and shrugged. “Then I left work at lightning speed.”

"Leaving get off work at lightning speed??"

"Yeah, I went to the Ship Equipment Research Center this morning and asked for a long leave." Yubari adjusted her baseball cap, magically produced a train ticket, and then flashed a bright smile at Shiro. "Then I can go back to the naval base with you admirals! How about that? Surprised? Unexpected?!"