Elder brother's garrison

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"Number one..."

"not bad.")

"that is……"

"But how come you're so tired after just a run?"

"Eh?"

"Your usual training regimen can't even support this level of recreational activity?"

"Uh……"

"It seems I've been too lenient with you lately."

"what?"

Rome stared wide-eyed, taken aback, at Veneto sitting in front of him.

From Rome's perspective, Veneto crossed his arms slightly, his deep red eyes scrutinizing him with a stern look of displeasure.

This appearance... is completely different from the Veneto he saw on the water before Rome stepped onto the beach.

Eh?

and many more……

Wasn't the eldest sister just missing the admiral by herself?

Before Rome could even figure out what was going on, the next second, Veneto, sitting on the rock, narrowed his eyes, instantly releasing an aura of majesty.

"Rome, it seems you need a complete overhaul. Here's what we'll do: since you've just warmed up, go to the training ground and run another twenty laps."

"Huh???" Rome exclaimed in surprise, "No, boss, wait a minute..."

"What's wrong?" Veneto frowned. "Don't you want to run away?"

"No, no, no—" Roma quickly shook her head, swallowed hard, and then carefully stared at Veneto's face for a while. After several seconds, Roma suddenly revealed a satisfied and radiant smile, "Hehe... Twenty laps isn't enough, let's add some more!"

"Then let's increase it to two hundred laps."

"Alright!" Roma scurried off to the training ground, turning back to Veneto with a silly grin as he ran. "Haha! Big sister! I'm off for a run!"

what the hell!

It seems that when it's time for the boss to revert to her normal state, she will indeed revert to it!

Rome loved Veneto's stern and ruthless feeling!

That's awesome!

Thinking of this, Rome felt a great sense of relief and ran back to the water. Then he started running wildly around the water.

Sitting on the rock, Veneto watched Rome race across the water, breathed a sigh of relief, then sat up straight and turned her head to look at the entrance to the training ground beach.

"Veneto, it's been a long time."

Not far from Veneto, Little White walked towards her, waving and smiling.

Veneto's eyes flickered subtly twice, then she gently pushed herself up and jumped off the rock.

Veneto stood still, quietly waiting for Little White to walk up to him.

"Admiral, you're back..." Veneto bowed slightly to Xiaobai only after Xiaobai stopped in front of him. "What about Chapter Eight..."

"Veneto!" Before Veneto could finish speaking, Xiaobai suddenly took two steps forward with a joyful laugh and hugged Veneto tightly. "I missed you so much! How have you been these past few days?"

Veneto was momentarily stunned by Xiaobai's sudden action, but the daze only lasted for a few seconds. After understanding Xiaobai's words, warmth quickly appeared in Veneto's eyes. Feeling Xiaobai's presence in her arms, her body reacted automatically, and she gently hugged Xiaobai back.

In the instant of embracing Xiaobai.

Veneto felt a sense of satisfaction and happiness akin to that of a field parched for ten thousand years finally being irrigated, a hungry farmer finally reaping a bountiful harvest, a gentle breeze rustling through lush grass, and squirrels climbing high branches.

It had only been two months since Veneto and Xiaobai were separated.

"Admiral, is it really you?" Veneto asked Xiaobai.

"It's definitely me, how could I be fake?" Xiaobai asked with a smile.

“...That’s true.” Veneto hugged Xiaobai with immense relief, as if she had unloaded a great burden. She gently nuzzled Xiaobai’s cheek, then leaned close to Xiaobai’s neck and whispered in Xiaobai’s ear, “...Admiral, welcome back...I missed you so much.”

"That doesn't sound like something Veneto would say," Xiaobai said with a smile after hearing Veneto's words.

"...?"

“When Veneto sees me after a while, doesn’t he usually ask me how I’ve been first, and then politely greet me?” Xiaobai said with a smile, then tilted her head and asked, “I’ve never seen you do anything like this before, where you immediately hugged me and whispered in my ear.”

“…” Veneto lowered his head. “Admiral, do you prefer the old me or the current me?”

"I like all of them."

“I see… Sigh.” Veneto sighed. “I guess I’ve changed.”

"Well?"

"Did the Admiral come back specifically to see me this time?" Veneto released Xiaobai's waist and asked her.

"Hmm!" Little White nodded with a smile. "Veneto, what were you doing just now?"

“I’m training in Rome…” Veneto looked into the white man’s eyes, thought for a moment, and then turned and pointed to the training field.

"Rome is as spirited as ever today." Following Veneto's direction, Xiaobai looked towards the training ground. Upon seeing the green lightning bolts on the field, she couldn't help but smile. "And what about the Empire?"

“The Empire is here.” Veneto pointed behind him.

Xiao Bai tiptoed, pressed on Veneto's shoulder, and looked behind her.

Sure enough, just a few steps away from Veneto and himself, the Empire was sitting on the beach, holding an open book and looking in his direction.

"Admiral, good afternoon." Di Ba San Lin Jiu Lin Qi JiuV Ba Nan Jing Guo picked up his books and greeted Xiao Bai.

"Hello, Empire!" Little White waved to the Empire as well.

Empire stood up, holding her books. She patted the small pebbles stuck to her bottom and thighs, then walked over to Little White and Veneto, turning to stare curiously at Veneto's cheek for a while.

—Ever since Xiaobai left the garrison, Veneto has been in a daze, especially in the last few days. Her dazed state has worsened, and today it lasted for almost the entire day. Although the Empire has not said anything, she, like Rome, has been secretly worried about her sister.

But this sister, whose condition was so bad that it was worrying, seemed to have her wandering soul return to her body as if guided after seeing the admiral again, and her dazed state quickly returned to its former peak.

The Empire blinked, quietly watching Veneto's cheek.

The human body is truly amazing...

The admiral seems unaware of what Veneto has become while she's away...

Veneto's sister herself doesn't seem to be aware of this...

Should we remind them?

Thinking of this, Empire's gaze drifted to the carefree Little White, but seeing the intimate way Little White and Veneto were embracing, Empire pondered for a while and finally gave up the idea of ​​telling Little White about it.

"Admiral, did you come back with Super Yamato?" Veneto asked Shiro.

"Yes."

“She doesn’t seem to be with you…” Veneto looked around for a while and asked Xiaobai.

"Ah... Super Yamato, we ran into Yamato-neechan on our way back, so Super Yamato and she went with Yamato-neechan." Xiaobai smiled and said, "It's okay, just consider it the two sisters catching up. I'll find her again when I want to go back to Chapter 8."

"...Admiral, when are you going back to Chapter 8?" For some reason, when Veneto heard Xiaobai mention going back, her heart suddenly clenched, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

"Well... there's nothing particularly urgent, but there's still a lot to do in Chapter Eight." Xiaobai thought for a moment, then smiled at Veneto and said, "So let's try to get back as soon as possible."

“…I see.” Veneto lowered his head slightly, his expression downcast.

I finally got to see the Admiral, and now I have to part ways with him again so soon.

Veneto is a very sensible ship girl. She wouldn't whine or say anything to Shiro that would put Shiro in a difficult position, like begging the admiral not to leave and to stay and spend more time with her. Veneto knows that it is the admiral's duty to go to the expedition chapters, and fulfilling that duty is the admiral's responsibility. Shiro's work in Chapter 8 is also a kind of work in a sense. As Shiro's ship girl—especially since she is Shiro's marriage ship—of course she should wholeheartedly support her work and not become a stumbling block on Shiro's path to cultivation.

That makes sense... that's definitely the case.

Veneto clutched Little White's clothes tightly, head bowed, lost in thought.

"Veneto".

"Ok?"

"Since time is tight, I'll keep it short."

"Ah."

"I've come here to see you this time to pick you up... and also to pick up Rome, to bring the Empire back to Chapter Eight."

"Huh?!" Veneto instantly looked up, staring wide-eyed at the little white dog that was so close to him.

Little White also smiled at Veneto.

"Veneto, you're coming with me to the Eighth..."

"Yes! I want it! I can go right now!"

Before Little White could finish speaking, Veneto hurriedly hugged Little White and said desperately.

Chapter 2742 A Historic Meeting

Rome is giving their all on the training ground, pouring out their sweat and youthful energy.

The two hundred laps of physical training left by Veneto might be torturous for an average naval ship girl, but for Roma, who was already used to this level of training, it was no different from eating and drinking in a sense. Especially since she hadn't been trained at such a high intensity by Veneto for several days, Roma felt full of energy all over her body. Not to mention two hundred laps, she could easily run two thousand or even twenty thousand laps with a smile.

Time passes.

"Whew—I'm done running! I feel refreshed!"

Roma quickly completed the training tasks Veneto had set for her. After finishing the last lap, she let out a blissful sigh and then happily scrambled back to the shore.

"Big Sister—did you see that! I've finished two hundred laps! Do you have any other training—hey hey hey?? Isn't this the Admiral??!" Roma, who had run onto the beach, originally wanted to ask Veneto for more training, but as soon as she came up, she saw Little White standing next to the Empire and Veneto. She was so shocked that she stood there with her eyes wide open.

"Rome, it's been a long time!" Xiaobai waved to Rome with a smile when she heard his voice. "Is your training over? We've been waiting for you for ages!"

"Uh... the Admiral is waiting for me?" Roma walked forward, looking bewildered, and subconsciously looked at Veneto. "Big sister, what's going on?"

"Have you finished two hundred laps?" Veneto asked Roma.

"I'm done running!"

“Okay, take this.” Veneto nodded and tossed Roma a sports jacket.

"Huh? What's this?" Roma instinctively caught the clothes Veneto tossed to her, looking at them curiously. "Eh...aren't these my spare clothes?"

“You just finished training, you’re covered in sweat and the smell of seawater,” Veneto said.

"No, it doesn't smell at all!" Roma blushed and quickly hugged the clothes in her arms, retorting to Veneto.

Rome is actually considered one of the more unrestrained types among ship girls, but even for a sporty ship girl like Rome, she is still quite sensitive to the adjective "sweat smell".

Rome, clutching the clothes in his arms, carefully raised his arm and sniffed under his armpit.

Thanks to the ship girl's automatic cleaning ability, Rome's body was warm after exercising, and although it smelled a bit salty, it definitely didn't smell bad.

Rome then lowered his arm in relief.

Just as Rome was relieved, she suddenly felt Xiaobai's gaze. She looked up at Xiaobai and saw that Xiaobai was looking at her with a half-smile.

"Admiral! I don't smell bad at all!" Roma hurriedly hugged his clothes and stammered to Xiaobai, "Smell me, smell me and you'll know! I may be a little salty, but I don't smell bad at all! What Big Sister just said was definitely a lie!"

"Instead of explaining this, you should hurry up and change your clothes." Before Xiaobai could speak, Veneto gently poked the soft flesh on Roma's waist. "If you don't change now, you won't have much time later."

"Huh? Time?" Roma looked at Veneto in confusion. "What time? Isn't training supposed to continue this afternoon?"

"We're about to set off," the Empire said to Rome, moving closer. "To Chapter Eight."

"Huh? Chapter 8? Us?" Rome was bewildered.

"Yes." The Empire nodded.

"Wow...this..." Roma subconsciously looked at Veneto, and after receiving an affirmative reply from Veneto's gaze, Roma paused for a couple of seconds before quickly pulling his spare coat over his head. "Admiral! Wait for me! I...I'll change into my new clothes and come with you!"

"There's no need to rush, you can change it when you get home..."

"No, no, no, no! How can I keep the Admiral waiting for me for so long? I'll change right now and show you! It's alright, Admiral, it's just taking off some clothes! Anyway, everyone on the training ground is an acquaintance. During live-fire exercises, we've blasted the enemy naked countless times, so changing clothes is as easy as breathing for me!"

Rome wore a coat over his head, the sleeves of which fluttered like octopus tentacles, and muffled sounds kept coming from inside the coat.

……

After spending some time on the training field (mainly waiting for Rome to finish running two hundred laps), Xiaobai led Rome, who had changed clothes, along with Veneto and the Empire, away from the training field.

Following the guidance of the Admiral Network, Xiaobai found the Super Yamato and Deep Sea Yamato directly and summoned the teleportation vortex leading to Chapter 8.