Elder brother's garrison

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"We were just helping out." Yubari, holding the back of her head, laughed heartily at Shiro. "Anyone with eyes can see that Miss Shikamei's treatment was inseparable from you, Admiral, from beginning to end. Whether it was absorbing the residual ship equipment energy from Miss Shikamei's body or helping Miss Shikamei clear the abyssal components of the nerve agent, these are things that Vestal and I never dared to dream of in our lives!"

Chapter 2515 Meeting in the Hall

Xiaobai and the other ship girls kept Luming's treatment a secret from the rest of the ship girls, so Luming's sudden return to her ship equipment naturally caused quite a stir in the hall.

Hearing the commotion coming from the hall, Xiaobai and the three ship girls who were involved in the treatment couldn't help but smile at each other.

"Wow!"

Yubari abruptly pulled back the heavy curtains, and the bright starlight outside poured into the room, instantly transforming the dimly lit space into a dreamlike atmosphere.

Looking out at the starry night sky and the breathtakingly vast grassland, Yubari revealed a rather contented expression.

"Sigh... I guess I've witnessed a miracle in the history of ship girls today." Yubari put her hands on her hips, tilted her head back, and her face still flushed with excitement. "Great! I'm full of energy now!"

"The treatment we gave Miss Luming could probably be used to write a new paper, right?" Xiaobai, carrying the female hearth goddess, came to Yubari's side and said with a smile, "Maybe it can make you a sensation in the industry again, and make many researchers who underestimated you before completely astonished?"

"Is this something that can be written into a thesis?" Yubari's eyes lit up when she heard Shiro's words, and she turned to look at Shiro excitedly.

"I don't really care," Xiaobai said with a smile.

"Wow? Really?! Admiral, you're so kind—ah, but never mind." Yubari looked at Shiro with great interest, but before she could finish her sentence, she suddenly gave a wry smile and shook her head at Shiro. "I appreciate your kindness, Admiral."

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"Helping retired ship girls regain their ship equipment is indeed a miracle... but it probably doesn't have much research value." Yubari sighed and shrugged at Shiro. "The reason why Miss Shikamei was able to regain her ship equipment is, frankly speaking, inseparable from the help of your invincible admiral network, Admiral. Whether it's absorbing the remaining ship equipment energy in her body or helping her cleanse the deep-sea aura in her body, even if you don't care about this, how are you going to write it into a paper... Don't even mention me, even you, Admiral, can't explain the principle behind this kind of thing, right?"

"Ah...that's true..." Xiaobai smiled wryly.

"So this time, I'll just consider myself an observer of the spectacle." Yubari smiled nonchalantly at Shiro, her gaze quickly shifting to the tearful Vestal Goddess nestled in Shiro's arms. She immediately raised an eyebrow. "Hey! Vestal Goddess, you're too cunning! How long have you been nestled in the Admiral's arms? Are you still not better?"

"I'm just touched..." The female kitchen god covered her face pitifully.

"You're Miss Luming's attending physician, for goodness' sake. Why are you still clinging to the admiral and acting all cute at your age?"

"Well……"

"Alright, alright, it's time to go downstairs and take a shower. Look at how your socks are soaked in blood." Yubari pulled the female hearth goddess out of Shiro's arms, then pushed her shoulders towards the door. "Ah! Admiral, we're going downstairs to take a shower! Do you want to come with us?"

"I'll go later."

"Oh—alright then! See you later, Admiral!"

"Ah."

Shiro smiled and watched Yubari and the female hearth goddess leave the room, waving goodbye to their departing figures.

Only after Yubari and the female hearth goddess left Shiro's sight did Shiro slowly lower his palm and turn his head to look at his side.

Missouri was standing next to Little White.

"Won't the Admiral go take a bath with Yubari-senpai and the others?" Missouri asked with a smile, looking at Shiro's blood-stained body.

"The ship girls over there in the lobby are in a very high mood. If I go down now, I won't have a chance to take a shower." Xiaobai smiled wryly at Missouri. "I'll wait until things calm down a bit on the first floor before going down. I've been busy for so long, I should give myself some time to rest."

“I see.” Missouri nodded.

"Missouri, you've had a great day too," Little White said to Missouri.

Did Missouri help the admiral today?

"Yes, Miss Shikamaru's ship equipment was something you spent several days going to Kyoto to get."

"Those are just small errands, nothing to brag about."

"Helping others is a matter of how big or small." Xiaobai shook her head, but still stepped forward and shook Missouri's hand. "Anyway, you've worked hard today."

"...It is Missouri's honor to be able to help the Admiral."

Missouri bent down slightly and opened her arms slightly towards Little White.

Little White naturally nestled into Missouri's embrace.

Missouri paid no attention to the bloodstains on Xiaobai's body. She gently embraced Xiaobai, wrapping her warm body around Xiaobai's slightly cold clothes, and then used her full breasts as a cushion, quietly placing them under the back of Xiaobai's head.

Xiaobai lay in Missouri's arms, like a corporate slave who had worked hard all day and finally got home from get off work, jumping onto the Simmons mattress with exhaustion and letting out a comfortable and relieved sigh.

The moonlight shone on Missouri and Little White.

On the blurry floor, only one overlapping shadow was cast.

……

With Xiaobai's help, Luming retrieved the ship's equipment.

After learning what had happened, the ship girls of the newbie naval base got into a playful mood and decided to throw her a small celebration party.

For almost the entire night, the lobby on the first floor was filled with the cheers and celebrations of the ship girls.

It was late that night.

Shortly after the celebration ended, the ship girls went back to their rooms together, completely satisfied.

Taking advantage of the situation, Xiaobai, who was hiding in her room in Missouri, went back downstairs. She first went into the bathtub on the first floor and took a bath. Then she threw her blood-soaked clothes into the washing machine and changed into a set of dry pajamas.

After taking a shower, Xiaobai touched her pajamas and walked to the dressing room, looking at herself in the mirror.

The little white creature in the mirror has short black hair and bright black eyes.

Xiao Bai raised her hand and touched the ends of her hair.

The surface of the black hair appeared to be completely black at first glance, but Xiao Bai's fingers simply rubbed the thick, dense black hair, and soon many snow-white and crystal-clear strands of hair were revealed.

Looking at her black and white hair in the mirror, Xiaobai smiled helplessly.

"...Speaking of which, in order to avoid trouble in my daily life, I've been living in the disguise Missouri helped me with lately." Xiaobai muttered to herself, "Hmm...Tonight, in order to help Miss Luming with her treatment, I was forced to use the ship's power for a few seconds. Although it was only for a moment, I couldn't maintain this form immediately."

Xiao Bai put his hand down with some regret, but still sighed with a sense of magnanimity.

"Oh... forget it."

Xiao Bai closed her eyes and gently shook her head. At the same time, the short black hair at the back of her head became thicker, longer, and whiter as if by magic. In just a few blinks, it turned into a waterfall of soft, thick, white hair.

Xiao Bai reopened its eyes, and its originally black pupils turned into a deep dark gold.

"Hmm... um... this should change it back, right?"

Xiao Bai pressed her cheeks, scratching and pressing her facial features as if to confirm them.

The little white creature in the mirror made one funny face after another.

After confirming that he had returned to normal, Xiaobai put down his hand and stretched comfortably.

"Okay! We can go back to Missouri now!"

Xiao Bai eagerly pushed open the locker room door and walked out.

The lobby on the first floor was quiet late at night.

The curtains on the first-floor windows were not drawn, and the starlight mixed with the moonlight outside was projected onto the floor in a colorful pattern, creating a galaxy on the snow-white floor tiles.

A figure stood in the center of the hall, seemingly having been waiting for Xiaobai for a long time.

"what?"

As Xiao Bai stepped out of the locker room, he was slightly taken aback when he saw the figures in the lobby.

The starlight shone on the faces of the people in the hall, illuminating a fair and delicate face.

Azure blue eyes.

Shiny blonde hair.

It was the cry of a deer.

"Miss Luming? What are you doing here?" Xiaobai smiled at Luming as soon as she saw her face. "It's so late, why aren't you asleep?"

"..." Lu Ming stared blankly at Xiao Bai. When she saw Xiao Bai greeting her, she quickly stepped forward and bowed deeply to Xiao Bai. "I... I forgot to thank you before."

"Oh... saying thank you is a small matter, we can talk about it tomorrow morning." Xiaobai smiled, waved her hand, and asked Luming, "Did you have fun at today's celebration party?"

“Hmm…” Lu Ming straightened up and nodded obediently, then carefully raised his eyes to look at Xiao Bai, “…Why didn’t you come down at the celebration party?”

"If I come down, the celebration party will turn into my interrogation session..." Xiao Bai gave a bitter laugh.

"..." Lu Ming listened to Xiao Bai's words, but did not reply. She just silently looked at Xiao Bai's face, her gaze sweeping over Xiao Bai's eyes and lingering on Xiao Bai's long hair for a long time before suddenly saying, "...You look even better like this."

"Huh? Thank you..."

"There's one more thing." Lu Ming lowered his head and gently clasped his hands together.

"Ok?"

"And also... thank you," Lu Ming said softly.

"...This is the second time you've thanked me in a minute." Xiaobai laughed. "Miss Luming, you really don't need to be so polite. We're good friends. I'm happy to see you getting better and better."

"..." Lu Ming silently raised his hand and touched his chest.

"Miss Luming, it's getting late." Xiaobai glanced at the stairs leading up to the top, then strolled up quietly with her hands behind her back. "Um... I should go back to sleep too. If there's anything else, how about we talk about it tomorrow morning?"

After Xiaobai finished speaking, he moved towards the second floor.

Seeing that Xiaobai was about to leave, Luming suddenly took two steps closer to Xiaobai, raised her hand and gently grabbed Xiaobai's wrist.

Chapter 2516 I'm your ship girl now, right?

Inside the room on the second floor.

In front of the dressing table, Missouri changed into a light purple lace nightgown.

Missouri lit two candles and gently placed them on the headboard.

Missouri got off the bed, looked around at her surroundings, and then straightened the two pillows on the bed.

Under the candlelight.

In the slightly dimly lit room, Missouri's figure, wrapped in a thin, semi-transparent fabric, exuded a hazy beauty. A pair of long, slender, snow-white legs emerged neatly from beneath the hem of her nightgown, staggered one in front of the other, with pink knees resting on the bed and streamlined, long calves dangling in the air outside the window.

After tidying up the bed and smoothing out every wrinkle, Missouri looked at the surroundings and nodded with a satisfied expression.

Missouri got out of bed and sat down at the dressing table.

As if to kill time, Missouri reached into the fruit bowl on the dressing table, picked up a slice of pineapple, took a bite, and then, while chewing slowly, cast her gaze toward the closed door.

The crisp sound of chewing echoed faintly in the air.

"Admiral... is it ready yet...?"

……

In the lobby on the first floor.

Little White stared longingly at the arm that Lu Ming was holding tightly.

"Uh... Miss Luming?"

"Ah..." Lu Ming realized that her behavior had been somewhat offensive. She quickly released Xiao Bai's wrist, took a step back, and bowed her head apologetically to Xiao Bai, "I'm sorry..."

"...It's nothing..." Xiaobai lowered her hand in confusion, looking at Luming, "Miss Luming? You seem a little strange tonight?"

"..." Lu Ming didn't speak, but nodded silently, tacitly agreeing with Xiao Bai's point of view.

Lu Ming looked conflicted, unsure whether he should say something or not.

This puzzled Xiaobai.

"Miss Luming, is there anything you want to tell me besides thanking me?" Xiaobai asked.

"..." Lu Ming continued to nod.

"Okay." Xiaobai glanced towards the second floor, then nodded to Luming and asked with a tolerant expression, "Is it related to this treatment?"

"Hmm." Lu Ming opened his eyes slightly, then nodded.

"It doesn't feel right to have the ship equipment back?"

“No.” Lu Ming shook her head, touching her chest. Her gaze lingered on the ground for a moment, complicated, before she slowly spoke to Xiao Bai, “There is a special feeling, but it’s not uncomfortable…”

"A special feeling?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

“I…I can feel you,” Lu Ming said softly.

"……what?"

"I don't know what this feeling is either." As Lu Ming spoke, her face turned slightly red, and her hands clenched slightly nervously. "When I was a ship girl, I didn't feel this way... But after retrieving the ship equipment this time, I can feel a warm feeling here, as if something has settled in my heart."

"It's settled in...my heart..."