Elder brother's garrison

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“…” Veneto opened his eyes wide and looked at the old woman, “Ah…”

"Looks like you remember?" The old lady looked at Veneto with a smile. "Then there's nothing more for this old man to do. Time to go back and take a nap."

"Ah... thank you, Granny Yu." Veneto quickly bowed to the old woman.

The old lady smiled and nodded, then walked into the house across the street with her cane and closed the door.

Chapter 2480 Veneto's Work

After the old lady passed away, the doorway returned to its usual quiet.

Veneto looked thoughtfully at the bare floor outside the door, then reached out and closed the security door.

"No wonder your security door was so clean before, it turns out it was cleaned recently." Xiaobai clasped her hands together and said to Veneto as he closed the door.

"Hmm..." Veneto nodded, looking preoccupied.

"Veneto, what does that sentence mean?" Xiaobai looked at Veneto cautiously and asked softly.

“Yubaba?” Veneto answered absentmindedly. “Hmm… Yubaba divorced a long time ago, and now her children have all started their own families and don’t live here anymore. She lives alone in the house across the street. When Camilla and I moved here before, we didn’t know much about the human world. Yubaba patiently explained a lot about human society and its customs to me. But I haven’t told her yet that we are ship girls. Before leaving Cloud City, I told Yubaba that I had switched to a new company, and because of the change in work location, I had to move away from here…”

Veneto went on and on about the old lady's story to Xiaobai.

"No, I wasn't asking about that old lady..." Xiaobai quickly pulled Veneto with a wry smile. "Didn't that old lady say that a group of people had contacted you before? And they left you a code like 'Brothers, help me out'? What does that code mean? Is it something bad? You seemed a little distracted when you heard that."

"Ah? Oh..." Veneto, hearing Xiaobai's words, snapped back to reality. Seeing the concern in Xiaobai's eyes, Veneto realized she had been quite lost in thought. She then shook her head apologetically at Xiaobai, "It's not anything bad..."

Veneto rubbed the center of his eyes with his index finger, then exhaled.

“Strictly speaking, that wasn’t a code; it was just some connection I haven’t completely severed with human society…” Veneto said with some worry.

"Sever all ties?" Xiaobai tilted her head slightly.

“Hmm…” Veneto thought for a while, seemingly unsure where to begin. She lowered her head, organized her thoughts, and then spoke to Xiaobai, “Admiral, do you remember? Although I was among the first ship girls to receive news of your succession to the naval base, I returned to the base a little later than the first batch of ship girls.”

"...You're not that late," Xiaobai said with a wry smile. "There are plenty of people who are later than you."

“…Originally, I could have set off back immediately after receiving the news.” Veneto smiled helplessly at Xiaobai. “Well…I don’t know if I’ve told you, Admiral, but before leaving human society, I spent a lot of time sorting out the interpersonal relationships here.”

"I've heard you tell me about it." Xiaobai nodded.

“People living in human society, over time, will always develop some connection with things here,” Veneto sighed. “I’m not a child; I can’t be irresponsible enough to just abandon things and walk away, like relationships with neighbors or work-related matters…”

"Work?"

“Yes, I have a job in human society,” Veneto nodded.

"So... were all those people who came to visit you before your coworkers?" Xiaobai asked thoughtfully.

"I'm not entirely sure... but since they're a bunch of young men who call me Sister Vito... I guess it's her." Vito covered her mouth, glancing helplessly to the side. "They've probably encountered some serious work-related issues, which is why they've come to me seeking my help..."

"I see." Xiaobai nodded, then looked at Veneto's worried expression and asked curiously, "Is this a lot of trouble for you, Veneto?"

“It’s not a troublesome matter.” Veneto shook her head and explained to Xiaobai, “Before returning to the naval base, I submitted my resignation to my previous workplace, and I also finished all my work before resigning. In other words, whatever happens to my former company has nothing to do with me anymore.”

"So, Veneto, this is where your dilemma lies."

“I’m an admiral’s ship girl now,” Veneto sighed. “Ship girls should act like ship girls and shouldn’t continue to have so many tangled connections with human society.”

"Hmm..." Xiaobai gave an ambiguous "hmm".

"Forget it, let's just pretend this never happened." Veneto rubbed her temples as if trying to dredge up a memory, then turned and walked towards the kitchen. "Admiral, the coffee seems to be getting cold. I'll go to the kitchen and boil some more water. Please wait for me in the living room for a moment..."

"...Wouldn't it be alright to go and take a look?"

Just then, Xiaobai suddenly spoke.

Veneto stopped in her tracks, turning her head to look at Little White in a daze.

Little White stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Veneto with a smile.

"Admiral...?"

"If it's convenient, shall we go and take a look?" Xiaobai asked Veneto for his opinion.

"But... ship girls aren't..."

"A ship girl should act like a ship girl... That's a very stereotypical view." Xiaobai held up a finger at Veneto. "If Veneto were to completely sever ties with human society, wouldn't you be unable to see my mother and father?"

“No, Admiral, that’s not what I meant—” Veneto quickly explained upon hearing this.

"I know that's not what you meant." Xiaobai waved her hand with a smile, but still said with a smile, "What I mean is, Veneto, you don't need to worry about whether you should sever your ties with human society. Hmm... that's a bit cliché, but I just hope you do what you want to do and be happy."

“…” Veneto listened to Xiaobai’s words and lowered his head thoughtfully.

Veneto silently pondered Little White's words.

Xiao Bai waited quietly for Veneto's reply.

The surroundings were quiet for a short while.

"..."

"Admiral."

"I'm here, I'm here."

"Admiral... do you think I should go and take a look?"

"Well..." Xiaobai smiled, stepped forward, and grasped Veneto's hand. "Since we're already here, it won't hurt to go and see what's going on before deciding whether to help or not, right?"

"……Um."

Veneto looked up, somewhat touched, at Little White, and then grasped Little White's hand in return.

……

In front of a high-rise building in Yuncheng City, the streets are bustling with traffic.

A taxi pulled up to the parking entrance on the street, the door opened, and two young women stepped out.

One was dressed in black with white hair, and the other was dressed in white with black hair.

"Admiral, this is it." After getting out of the car, Veneto looked straight at the first floor of the tall building and called out to Little White behind him with a touch of nostalgia.

"Is this where you used to work, Veneto?" Little White, who was following behind Veneto, stood on tiptoe and looked excitedly at the bottom of the tall building in front of them.

Xiao Bai's gaze fell upon a store located on the first floor of the building.

Inside the store, several burly men in black suits could be seen walking back and forth. These men were all composed and imposing, with bear-like, intimidating appearances. If someone suddenly stood outside the store and glanced inside, they might not think it was a store that was open for business, but rather a gym for muscular men with a special clientele.

"Uh... Veneto, you work here...?" Xiaobai looked at the store with a strange expression.

“Yes, it’s been a year since I’ve been back, and I really miss it.” Veneto looked at the store entrance in the distance with some emotion. “I wasn’t planning to go near here when I came back to Yuncheng this time, but I didn’t expect that I would end up coming back here again.”

"Veneto, what did you do for a living before?" Xiaobai asked Veneto.

"Huh? I thought you already knew, Admiral." Veneto looked at Xiaobai with some surprise, and pointed to the muscular gym in front of her. "Admiral, look, the company name is on the top of the door."

Little White looked in the direction Veneto pointed.

Sure enough, next to the entrance of the muscular gym, I saw a plaque in bold gold lettering.

The style of this plaque is so masculine that Xiaobai initially thought it was just a simple decoration.

"Hmm... Yuncheng First Security Protection Co., Ltd." Xiaobai read the words on the signboard, his eyes filled with doubt. "This is... an insurance company?"

“That’s more or less true,” Veneto corrected from the side. “This is a bodyguard company.”

“Bodyguard, oh… I see… Hmm? Bodyguard?!” Xiaobai was taken aback and looked at Veneto in surprise. “Veneto, the bodyguard you’re talking about, are you referring to… those companies that provide super-powerful bodyguards for all sorts of big stars or rich people?”

"Hmm." Veneto nodded, and she took Xiaobai's hand and walked towards the gate of Yuncheng First Security Protection Co., Ltd.

At the entrance of the bodyguard company stood two muscular men dressed in black, their imposing presence like bears. They wore sunglasses, and their large, round faces bore a healed scar running from their noses to the corners of their mouths. Even without saying a word, their mere presence in front of the door intimidated passersby like two guardian deities.

As soon as the two burly men saw Xiaobai and Veneto approaching hand in hand, their eyebrows twitched and they stepped forward.

"Little girls, you've come to the wrong place. This isn't an amusement park." One of the burly men strode over and said in a deep voice to Xiaobai and Veneto, "Where are your parents?"

“You don’t recognize me?” Veneto stopped and looked up at the burly man who resembled a doorman.

"...?"

Veneto responded with a slightly puzzled expression hidden behind the burly man's sunglasses.

"It's only been a little over a year since I left, and there are already new people who don't recognize me..." Veneto shook his head but didn't say anything more. He just silently pulled Xiaobai through the door.

"Little sister, don't wander in, they're taking care of some important business inside..."

The burly man frowned, stretched out a giant hand almost as big as Veneto's head, and grabbed at Veneto with a whooshing sound.

Veneto looked calmly at the outstretched hand and sighed.

Chapter 2481 Challenging the Hall

The two burly men in black standing at the door were enormous figures, over two meters tall and with physiques as robust as mountains.

Compared to the approaching men, Veneto's overly delicate figure suddenly appeared as pitiful as a small animal in front of a giant beast. It seemed that in just one glance, the men would lift Veneto off the ground like a chick and throw her away.

However, what happened the next second made the two goalkeepers' eyes widen in surprise.

Just as the men's enormous hands were about to touch Veneto's shoulders, Veneto gently raised his hand, which was covered in a black glove, and casually patted the men's hands.

Boom! ! !

When Veneto slapped the men's hands, it didn't make a "smack" sound, but rather a dull "thud" like the sound of a cannon. Along with this dull thud, a faint wave of air spread out from the men's hands.

The two men, who were like guardians of the city, lost their balance under Veneto's gentle slap. In an instant, they felt the hand that had been reaching out to Veneto suddenly become incredibly heavy, and it was dragging them down with a terrifying force. The men instinctively cried out in alarm. They tried to resist this enormous force, but it appeared too suddenly and gave them no time to react.

Only two bangs were heard.

The men clutched their hands and collapsed on either side of Veneto, their massive bodies causing the ground to tremble slightly upon impact.

This time he fell hard.

The men grinned and looked up at Veneto.

"Such strength! Who...who are you?!"

“As employees of this company, to treat our customers so rudely without even asking for details, it seems your onboarding training was inadequate.” Veneto interrupted the men, looking down at them prostrate on the ground, her red eyes radiating an authoritative light. “Or perhaps, you’re not actually employees of this company at all?”

As soon as Veneto finished speaking, the man lying on the ground instantly showed a look of shock.

"how do you……"

"What does it have to do with you!"

The men's eyes widened in panic for a moment, but they quickly exchanged a glance and scrambled to their feet.

Two great mountains slowly rose up in front of Veneto.

The men, having adjusted their mindset, glared menacingly at Veneto standing before them, their faces showing hostility.

“Young lady, you just showed us your skills. We were blind to your abilities, and we apologize.” One of the men said coldly to Veneto, “But one thing is one thing. We hope you will mind your own business from now on. No matter where you come from or who you are, just leave hand in hand with the little girl next to you, and we will pretend that nothing happened.”

"Don't put us in a difficult position in public, and don't embarrass you either." Another man pointed to the bustling street not far away and said in a deep voice, "Let's go, you can't control what's going on inside."

Veneto listened to the men's words, pondered for a moment, and then glanced back at Little White.

Little White smiled at Veneto and nodded gently.

“Sigh…” Veneto withdrew his gaze and looked expressionlessly at the menacing man in front of him. “Hearing what you’re saying, it seems that something has indeed happened to this company.”

"Young lady, don't do anything foolish!" the men shouted. "You attacked us just now, that's why we fell for your trick. Now we're completely focused, do you think you'll have another chance?"

Veneto shook her head helplessly. She seemed too lazy to waste her breath on the men in front of her and was about to step inside.

“Bold!!!”

As soon as Veneto took a step, the two men, who had been poised to attack, roared and their massive bodies lunged forward with an overwhelming weight, grabbing at Veneto. This time, the two men were enraged, their huge arms bulging with veins, seemingly completely serious.

Unfortunately, this was the last set of moves the men could perform.

Veneto remained motionless at first, but the moment the men bent down and approached her, she gently extended her foot, raised her delicate hand, and lightly patted the necks of the two men.

Boom!

Boom!

Two muffled sounds rang out one after the other. Before the two men could even utter a sound, their eyelids rolled back, and their massive bodies collapsed with a thud, sitting down against the sides of the company entrance, and then fell silent.

"Alright, the annoying obstacle has been cleared." Veneto stretched his shoulders and turned to Little White, saying, "Admiral, we can go in now."

"Uh... ok."

Xiaobai looked around and, finding that no one on the street seemed to be paying attention to them, she felt slightly relieved and took two steps toward Veneto.

"Veneto, who are these two people?"