Elder brother's garrison

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Because she sneaked out, Xiaobai didn't fold the blankets when she left. The originally plump blankets lost their filling after Xiaobai left and appeared slightly collapsed.

Oscar quietly examined Xiaobai's bedding for a while, then lowered his head, nudged open Xiaobai's blanket, and the whole cat slipped into the hole, propping up the collapsed blanket, leaving only a large, dark tail outside the blanket swaying idly.

Chapter 1902 Trading

To ensure they were ready for battle the next day, the ship girls at the newbie naval base didn't stay up all night when they went on expeditions. Even ship girls like Tirpitz, who usually had irregular sleep schedules, strictly followed a normal routine when they went on expeditions. So when Shiro sneaked out of the villa, no ship girls noticed.

The air outside the villa felt a bit chilly.

After leaving the villa, Xiaobai tentatively breathed out a puff of white steam. A cloud of steam billowed from his mouth, quickly forming a puff before dissipating.

“Winter… well… it should be like this…” Xiaobai murmured, then rubbed his hands together and set off alone on the path leading away from the valley.

In the spiritual world, the Deep Sea Will only told Xiaobai that the Deep Sea Dean of Chapter Eight wanted to see her, but did not tell Xiaobai where this so-called Deep Sea Dean of Chapter Eight was waiting for her, or when he wanted to see her.

However, even a novice could easily figure out this level of information with a little guessing.

Since the method they used was to secretly contact me with their mental power late at night, it's highly likely that they wanted Xiaobai to go alone and didn't want to see Xiaobai with ship girls by her side. So the meeting time is naturally now. As for the location... if a deep-sea creature wants to meet someone, the location is naturally on the sea, and the closest place to the sea in the entire eighth chapter is the beach.

As for why this Dean of the Deep Sea Academy went to such lengths to see me...

Xiaobai doesn't know.

Even the will of the deep sea doesn't know.

It's possible that after these few days of fighting and witnessing the combat power of the newbie naval base, they finally had an epiphany, suddenly realized they should abandon the darkness and surrender, offering up ownership of Chapter 8 and joining the newbie naval base. Or perhaps they simply want to lure the newbie over, then shout famous villainous lines like "Hahaha! You fell for this kind of trap!" before picking up a cannon and blasting themselves.

Oh.

correct.

It's an aircraft carrier, it doesn't have cannons, so it must have launched its carrier-based aircraft to bombard itself.

From Xiaobai's own perspective, the former possibility is a bit low, while the latter possibility is a bit high.

Little White left the valley under the moonlight and made its way to the beach.

The scenery on the beach was just like the dream Xiaobai had before: the sea was sparkling, the sand on the beach was shimmering, and a few lonely watchtowers sat on the beach, casting long shadows under the milky moonlight.

At this moment, from the watchtower, one could vaguely see several ship girls from the Haoding Garrison gazing out to sea.

"There are still people patrolling so late..." Xiaobai muttered to herself. She shrank her neck and quickly concealed herself, sneaking towards the blind spot on the beach.

The blind spot on the beach is located in a remote area, and the sea conditions that can be seen there are still visible from other places. Therefore, the Haoding Naval Base watchtower was not built there. Xiaobai is going there for two reasons. One reason is that it is the only place on the entire beach where she can escape the sight of the Haoding Naval Base ship girls. The other reason is that the sea and beach that Xiaobai saw in her dream seemed to be a scene in the blind spot of the Haoding Naval Base ship girls on the beach.

In the dark night.

Xiao Bai's figure transformed into a short white shadow, and taking advantage of the moment when the ship girls of Haoding Garrison were not paying attention, she sneaked into the blind spot of the beach.

After entering the blind spot, Xiaobai relaxed, dusted off his sleeves, straightened his back, and slowly walked towards the end of the beach while looking at the scenery on the sea.

Little White walked and walked.

Time passes minute by minute.

Little White quickly reached the end of the beach.

When the view finally reached the end of the beach, Xiaobai stopped and quietly looked ahead.

I saw it not far ahead.

On the beach, a woman sits on a dead tree stump that has been cut in half and faces the sea.

She was a woman whose entire body radiated a hazy orange glow. She sat quietly on a dead tree stump, leaning forward with her legs crossed. Her slender arms rested on her thighs, supporting her pointed chin. She stared expressionlessly at the sea before her, her orange eyes gleaming with a hazy light, filled with a cold indifference as if she were gazing at dust.

She casually stuck an orange, life-sized sickle into the sand beside her.

She seemed to be waiting for someone.

Xiao Bai looked at the woman on the wooden stake from afar, a look of surprise on her face. Her gaze lingered on the orange sickle beside the woman for a moment, then she pursed her lips thoughtfully and took a step towards the orange-skinned woman.

The orange-clad woman on the wooden stake heard Xiaobai's approaching footsteps, but she remained in her sea-gazing posture, making no move. Even when Xiaobai walked unimpeded to her side, only a step away, she did not draw her scythe-like ship armor and slash at him.

wow-

The waves crashed against the beach.

"...Um, nice to meet you?" Xiaobai scratched his cheek and asked the orange-clad woman, "Uh...may I ask, do you understand our language?"

The orange-clad woman turned her gaze away from the sea and looked expressionlessly at Little White beside her, scrutinizing him for a moment.

"...I thought you wouldn't come." The orange-clad woman spoke slowly, her clear voice uttering a gentle tone as she addressed Xiaobai, "...or perhaps you would bring a squad of ship girls with you."

The orange-clad woman's voice was ethereal and clear, like a spring, making it impossible to imagine that it belonged to a dean of the Deep Sea Academy.

"If I really brought a ship girl with me, would you still want to see me?" Xiaobai smiled slightly at the orange-clad woman and asked in return.

“Then I won’t see you,” the woman in orange replied.

"Oh, I knew it." Xiaobai nodded, pursed her lips, put her hands behind her back, and looked the orange-clad woman up and down with great interest. "Um... Respected Dean of the Deep Sea, may I ask what business you have with me?"

"...Before answering that question, I have a question for you." The orange-clad woman straightened up and spoke to Little White.

"what is the problem?"

"...Although I asked to see you, why did you dare to come to me alone?" The orange-clad woman calmly stared at Xiaobai's face. "We are enemies now. Aren't you afraid that this is just a trap, and that I called you here to take advantage of the opportunity to attack you?"

"Ah... well... actually I did think about it..." After hearing what the orange-clad woman said, Xiaobai smiled at her apologetically, "In fact, before I came here, all I could think about was how I would fight back if a fight broke out later."

"Then why are you here?"

"That's because of curiosity, of course," Xiaobai answered honestly. She pointed to herself and said seriously to the orange woman, "Don't let my appearance fool you, I've actually met quite a few Deep Sea Deans. You're the first Deep Sea Dean in the world to actively arrange a meeting with humans even when you're an enemy. Of course, I'm very curious about you."

"You want to see me?" The orange-clad woman seemed somewhat interested in Xiaobai's reply and asked in return.

"Mm," Xiaobai replied.

"What were your thoughts after seeing it?"

"...You're much prettier than I imagined." Xiaobai nodded honestly.

"...What does 'beautiful' mean?"

"You don't know what 'pretty' means?"

"do not know."

"So where did you learn such fluent Mandarin?" Xiaobai asked curiously. "Speaking of which, Chapter Eight is clearly far from human cities, so why can you speak our human language?"

“Learning a language is not difficult. Occasionally, tourists from other seas will come, and some of them will know the language, so we will teach them.”

"I see." Xiaobai nodded, took a light breath, and smiled at the orange-clad woman. "Now that I've answered your question, it's your turn to answer mine. Why did you go to all this trouble to call me over so late at night?"

"trade."

"?"

"For a deal." The orange-clad woman looked at Little White quietly, remained silent for a moment, and then spoke.

written request for leave

I feel a bit dizzy, lack energy, and my thoughts are all jumbled up. In short, I'll take a day off to rest.

I'm very sorry.

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Chapter 1903 Negotiation

"A deal?" Xiaobai was slightly surprised after hearing Dean Shenhai's words. She looked curiously at the orange-clad woman in front of her, put her hands behind her back, and asked softly, "Then... could you tell me about the details of the deal first?"

The Deep Sea Dean in Chapter Eight is indeed different from all the Deep Sea Deans Xiaobai has ever seen before.

Just this afternoon, the two sides were still fighting fiercely on the high seas, seemingly determined to fight to the death. But by evening, she, as the leader of one side, actually took the initiative to calmly discuss a deal with me...

Make sense.

Even a human being might not have this kind of magnanimity to take things in stride, right?

Just look at the Deepsea Deans in the newbie naval base. Those Deepsea Deans who lived on the sea and had never been in contact with human society when we first met, weren't they all incredibly arrogant, willful, and domineering? Even if Xiaobai wanted to have a proper conversation with them back then, he had to fire a few shots at them first and physically persuade them.

Is this young lady really the same breed as those deep-sea deans in my family...?

Looking at the orange-clad woman's expression, which clearly wasn't a joke, Xiao Bai couldn't help but feel confused.

"You agreed?" the orange-clad woman asked Xiaobai.

"Let me hear about the details of the deal first." Xiaobai suppressed his curiosity and smiled slightly at the orange-clad woman. "After all, even if I agree to your terms, what if the deal is something I can't accept from my perspective? I'd feel bad if I went back on my word."

"..." The woman in orange silently observed Xiaobai for a while, then nodded slightly to indicate her understanding, "That makes sense."

The woman in orange placed her hands flat on her thighs, pressed them against her thighs, and slowly stood up from the dead tree stump.

It wasn't until Orange stood up that Xiaobai realized that the orange-clad woman in front of him wasn't actually very tall. Her legs were clearly wearing colorful boots that had a height-increasing function, but when she stood in front of Xiaobai, she was only a head taller than him.

Even so, her figure is quite well-proportioned, so much so that she appears rather tall at first glance.

"...You also seem weaker than I expected." Xiaobai was looking at the orange woman, who was also looking at Xiaobai. She looked down at Xiaobai's face, her eyes gleaming, and her lips parted slightly, "...like a harmless fish or shrimp that can be found everywhere in the ocean."

"Regretted it?" Xiaobai asked back.

“Not at all.” The orange-clad woman shook her head, turning her gaze away from Little White. She turned her head slightly, glancing sideways at her right shoulder and smooth back out of the corner of her eye. “…That laser cannon on the beach earlier, was that your doing?”

"..."

“Back then, after my reconnaissance plane was intercepted by you and another person on the beach, within minutes, that blazing laser beam shot straight towards me from the direction of the beach.” The orange-clad woman spoke as if recounting a trivial matter, “The moment that laser beam touched my body and melted my skin and muscles, I also sensed the aura contained within it. Based on my perception, that aura didn’t resemble the one that deliberately released its aura on the beach to try and confuse my commands. Therefore, by process of elimination, the person who released that laser beam must have been you.”

"...You're so smart."

"Is that so?" the orange-clad woman said noncommittally, gently rubbing her shoulders as she calmly stated, "So after that, I became somewhat curious about your strength. In order to see your combat power more directly, I sent out some deep-sea soldiers every day to test and wear you down."

"Hmm? A test is..."

“Based on previous experience, it seems you’ve been conserving your strength, only making a move when absolutely necessary. So, these past few days, I’ve been trying to wear down your subordinates through constant daily attrition, gradually eroding their fighting ability and judgment. Then, I’ll launch a full-scale attack when they’re at their weakest, forcing you to make a move and revealing your true strength,” the orange-clad woman said bluntly. “Unfortunately… my plan failed. I didn’t expect that you weren’t the only one conserving your strength; your subordinates were too.”

"Ah..." Upon hearing this, Xiaobai instantly understood what the Deep Sea Dean meant. She smiled awkwardly, "I...I see. So the Deep Sea Abyssal Ships that have appeared on the surface these past few days were there to force me to take action..."

"Yes."

"So... you didn't know that ship girls' equipment has resource limitations?"

"What restrictions?"

"...Never mind what I said." Little White stuck out her tongue at the orange-clad woman. "So, if you wanted to force me to take action, why did you give up?"

"The strategy of exhausting the enemy is not only aimed at you. My soldiers, as the initiator, are also being exploited. Moreover, compared to the physical strength you have lost, my soldiers have paid the price with their lives." The orange-clad woman said calmly, "Ordinary deep-sea soldiers are fine; there are as many of those as you need. But the number of deep-sea frigates is limited. All the deep-sea frigates I can currently command have been destroyed in the battle this morning."

"Oh..." Xiaobai nodded, looking at Dean Shenhai in confusion, "But... is it worth it?"

"?"

"Since you've taken the hit from my laser cannon once, you should know very well, right? No matter how many deep-sea frigates you send, they can't defeat me," Xiaobai said to the orange-clad woman. "If you only wanted to win and that's why you deployed all your deep-sea frigates, I can understand. But if it was just to force me to take action and test my strength, then wouldn't the loss of those deep-sea frigates be meaningless?"

“It still has some significance.” The orange-clad woman looked at Xiaobai and said calmly, “After these few days of testing, I can confirm that you are qualified to make a deal with me.”

At this point, the orange-clad woman closed her eyes slightly. Without waiting for Xiaobai's reply, she continued speaking to him.

"As for the terms of the deal... I think you won't refuse." The orange-clad woman said to Little White, "In the time to come, until our deal is finalized, I will not organize any form of deep-sea counterattack against your aggression, and I will assist you to some extent. In return, you need to do me a favor."

"Huh?" Xiao Bai's eyes widened in surprise after hearing the orange-clad woman's words. "What? You're going to help us clear the eighth chapter?"

"As long as you agree to help me with this." The woman in orange nodded calmly.

"..." Xiaobai looked at the orange woman with a strange expression. She pursed her lips and asked the orange woman with a puzzled look, "Um... Miss Shenhai Shoukaku..."

The woman in orange twitched her brow slightly.

"what's up?"

"Well, in short, I've seen your sincerity... As for the favor you're asking me to do, let's not discuss that for now." Xiaobai closed her eyes and thought for a moment, then asked seriously, "It's like this, Miss Shenhai Shoukaku, judging from the current situation, if I'm not mistaken, my naval base and I should have a huge advantage in the sea reclamation operation, right? Now, all of your deep-sea escort ships have sunk, and your legion is severely weakened... You shouldn't be able to stop us. Even if my naval base and I ignore your deal, I think we can still defeat you normally and then develop this sea area into our human territory, right? Why do you think I should agree to your deal request?"

"With my power, I truly cannot stop your actions." The orange-clad woman nodded gently after hearing Xiaobai's words.

"That……"

“However, it’s quite obvious that your words just now revealed that you know nothing about this sea area,” the orange-clad woman continued, looking directly into Xiaobai’s eyes, her voice utterly calm. “You know nothing about this sea area, such as its size, its ecosystem, its deep-sea distribution, and, more importantly, something else entirely—this sea area is vast, far beyond your imagination. These factors will bring you far more pressure and difficulties in your future exploration than I do, so you need my help.”

The woman in orange spoke calmly, without revealing any confidence or lack of conviction.

Xiaobai was also taken aback by the orange woman's words, and she stared blankly at the orange woman.

Did I just reveal that I knew nothing about Chapter Eight?

Which sentence?

Xiaobai recalled what she had just said. She felt that what she said was quite rigorous and there should be no loopholes. Xiaobai was still confused.

“Miss Deep Sea Shoukaku… what will happen if I don’t agree to your deal?” Xiaobai thought for a moment and asked the orange-clad woman in front of him.