Elder brother's garrison

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Nia swallowed hard and looked at the popsicle in her hand.

Nia usually doesn't mind if her female classmates take a bite out of her popsicles or ice cream, but this is the first time she's seen someone lick it so openly. She even thinks that the popsicle that was licked should never be fed to Xiaobai.

Just as she was struggling with her decision, the admiral's shouts on the beach startled her from her reverie.

Nia lost her grip, and the popsicle fell to the beach with a thud, getting covered in sand.

"Ah..." Nia breathed a sigh of relief as she looked at the popsicles on the ground.

"A ship girl is back!" the admirals on the beach shouted to each other.

A group of ship girls appeared on the beach, slowly sailing towards it.

"Hmm, it seems some ship girls have returned ahead of schedule again." Xiaobai looked towards the sea while sucking on an ice pop.

Experienced newbies knew that this was definitely not their own ship girl.

Sure enough, after the ship girls approached the beach, several admirals stood up.

That's their admiral.

It's usually not a good thing for ship girls to return to port early; either there are teammates who are moderately or heavily damaged, or they've encountered some trouble.

"Admiral..." The ship girls went ashore and found their admirals one by one, some of them lowering their heads in shame.

"What happened? Are you injured?" The admirals asked with concern as they looked at the ship girl.

"The harvest wasn't good today," the ship girls replied one after another.

"what?"

"We can't find any enemies inside the node," the ship girls said, sounding aggrieved.

"..." The admirals looked astonished.

There are no enemies at the second node?

Hmm, this plot sounds familiar.

While the admirals were taken aback, they also felt that the news was somewhat familiar.

I feel like I've heard that name somewhere before.

"There were no enemies at the first node yesterday," someone said coldly.

"Ah, I heard someone say yesterday that there would be no more enemies after noon at the first node," a gossip-loving admiral chimed in.

"The enemy at the first node disappeared for a whole day yesterday?"

"It disappeared at noon, and then reappeared in the afternoon."

"Why is it the second node's turn today?"

The admirals couldn't help but start discussing it.

As they were discussing this, another group of ship girls returned.

Watching the group of admirals having such a heated discussion, Xiaobai and Nia felt rather awkward.

Where did the enemy go?

Anyway, the deep sea will never disappear. In the sea areas where the resentment of the deep sea lingers, the deep sea can never sink them all.

The so-called disappearance of the deep sea was the work of Veneto and her team.

Xiao Bai gave a wry smile.

I forgot to tell Veneto to hold back.

It seems Veneto is leading Fubuki and Cleveland in another rampage deep within the node. Thanks to the Fubuki sisters' high enemy-finding ability, no one can find the spawned deep sea earlier than them, and no one can fight faster than them.

Xiao Bai actually felt this was wrong. Other admirals also needed to make a living, and this was like cutting off their livelihood, which made him quite uncomfortable.

After thinking about it, Xiaobai decided to have a good talk with Veneto about this matter after she returned.

But for now, let's just pretend we didn't see it.

Thinking this, Xiaobai quickly bit the popsicle in her mouth and pulled the stick out.

She turned to look at Nia.

Nia was looking at the popsicles covered in dust and sand on the ground, a relieved expression on her face.

"Hey? Nia, your popsicle fell on the ground."

"Oh dear, my hand slipped and I couldn't hold it properly, what a pity," Nia said with a smile, but there was no regret on her face.

Seeing Nia's completely indifferent expression, Xiaobai thought for a while.

Maybe Nia doesn't really like popsicles.

Xiao Bai thought to himself, then looked at the Empire on his leg.

It's almost time.

Xiaobai has reclaimed his Admiral Network.

I'll post the extra chapter later.

By the way, just to update you, I'm currently 15 chapters behind (sigh).

Chapter 252 The Awakening Empire

Continuously releasing admirals from the network is actually quite tiring; even a newbie would feel a bit tired after just one morning.

"Ugh..." Empire, lying on Little White's lap, slowly opened his eyes as Little White retracted the Admiral Network.

This is the first time the empire has proactively awakened.

Xiao Bai was genuinely amazed by the wonders of the Admiral Network.

It looks like it's working.

"How does the Empire feel?" Xiaobai asked.

Empire squinted for a moment before looking at the little white creature in front of him.

Empire reached out and pressed on Xiaobai's thigh, slowly propping herself up. She rubbed her eyes and yawned.

"Ah wu..."

The voice was faint, like that of a newborn fawn.

"I slept very well." After yawning, Empire looked at Little White, a slight smile appearing on her beautiful and quiet face. "Thank you, Admiral."

While the Empire was sleeping, she was unaware that Little White had linked to her. From her perspective, she had simply had a very, very comfortable sleep that morning.

Perhaps it's because the admiral's thighs are cold and soft.

Empire stretched out its little fist and rubbed it against its face like a kitten that had just woken up.

Sukhbaatar, who was selling popsicles in the distance, saw the Empire had woken up and ran over with his popsicle box.

She stared at the Empire with her maroon eyes and clicked her tongue in admiration, "Oh, you've recovered so quickly."

"Can Lord Su tell?"

"Yes, you can. Hey little girl, your admiral network is quite something." Sukhbaatar stroked his chin, examining the Empire from all angles. "This child is recovering very well."

"Have you recovered yet?"

“No way, it will take another ten days or half a month.” Sukhbaatar shook his head. “If you compare this child to flowers and plants lacking nutrition, what you did this morning was to put a bunch of fertilizer in front of her and let her eat her fill, so she became energetic. But she can’t absorb all of this fertilizer. When your fertilizer expires, she will go back to the way she was before.”

"What should we do then? Won't all that work this morning be wasted?"

"It wasn't a complete waste, at least she grew a bit thanks to your fertilizer. Just help her grow to the point where she can absorb nutrients independently." Sukhbaatar smiled and patted Little White on the shoulder.

After saying all that, Sukhbaatar stood up with a smile, picked up the popsicle box in his arms, and left.

The admirals on the beach were returning to the city center in waves from the nodes, as their ship girls began to return. Sukhbaatar's popsicles weren't even half sold yet; they needed to hurry.

Although the Empire had woken up, she still seemed listless. Like a dependent, she shuffled over to Xiaobai's side, reached out and put her arm around Xiaobai's arm, and quietly looked at Xiaobai's profile.

The empire's eyes were exceptionally pure, a clear blue like a tranquil lake.

Xiaobai is the admiral of the Empire, and also the person who treated her for a whole morning using the admiral network. Although the Empire didn't seem to realize it, as a ship girl who had been connected to Xiaobai's admiral network for so long, she naturally developed a certain dependence on Xiaobai's scent.

"It seems like all the ship girls in your ship are very clingy to you, Xiaobai." Nia, who was standing next to her, couldn't help but tease Xiaobai as she watched the Empire cling to her as soon as it woke up.

"Haha...yes...why is that?" Xiaobai was also quite puzzled by this.

When I first entered the naval base, I was not used to the lifestyle of my ship girls who were always in physical contact. But I don't know when I got used to hugging and cuddling.

"Wouldn't Cleveland do something like that to Nia?" Xiaobai asked.

“Well… Cleveland sometimes showers and sleeps with me. She helps me scrub my back, gives me a massage before bed, and holds me when I have nightmares. But we’re rarely this close outside of Cleveland,” Nia said.

"Cleveland really spoils Nia."

“After all, they’re family,” Nia replied with a smile.

"Do all ship girls like their admirals this much?"

"That's not true at all. Ship girls also have those who like the admiral and those who don't." Nia shook her head. "Little White, don't mistakenly think that your ship girls are close to you because you are the admiral."

"Huh? Isn't that how it is?"

“Ship girls aren’t such shallow creatures. They may get to know you because you’re the admiral, but the reason they’re close to you isn’t because you’re the admiral; it’s simply because they like you,” Nia said.

Xiao Bai blushed with embarrassment.

"The Empire? Hello, my name is Nia." Nia greeted the Empire next to Xiaobai halfway through her sentence.

"Hello," Empire replied, holding Little White's arm.

"Empire, do you like your admiral?" Nia asked.

"Yes." The Empire nodded.

Why do you like it?

“Good-looking,” the Empire replied.

"Hahahaha—" Nia covered her mouth and laughed.

The girl's silvery laughter brought a touch of vitality to the beach, which was somewhat dull due to an unsatisfactory harvest.

"Why are you laughing?" The Empire looked at Nia strangely.

The Empire considers it perfectly normal to like being around good-looking people. Their admiral possesses a mysterious charm and is incredibly handsome, which is enough to convince them to like him.

"Ah, I'm so sorry, the Empire is right." Nia covered her mouth, looking at the little white dog whose face was flushed. "Yeah, the little white dog is super cute."

Having spent less than two days with Xiaobai, the Empire certainly wouldn't like Xiaobai because of personal charm or style of doing things; that would be too far-fetched. The Empire's answer was actually quite honest and sincere.

Before long, several more groups of ship girls returned to the beach one after another, and the admirals of the second node also had no choice but to follow the ship girls back to the city.

The disappearance of the Abyssal Fleet at the second node was exactly the same as at the first node yesterday. The admirals had some doubts, but there was nothing wrong with waiting on the beach, so they all went back with their ship girls. In any case, the admirals at the second node all had some savings, so returning empty-handed for a day wouldn't be a big loss.

Just like in the first node, the number of admirals on the beach decreased rapidly within a few hours.

Xiao Bai timed it perfectly, and sure enough, just like the first node yesterday, Veneto and the others appeared on the other side of the ocean right on time.

The only difference is that last time there were six ship girls, but this time there are seven.

The ship girls came ashore. Roma, covered in dust and dirt, reached out her hand to Shiro, looking utterly exhausted.

"Admiral... Waaaaah... Rome is back... Waaaaah..." Rome is probably the most miserable ship girl in today's second node.

Veneto wasn't just saying she wanted to be the bait; she was serious.

Rome really was bait.

When facing any deep-sea team, Veneto's motto is always the same: Rome, go!

Good heavens, is there really such a thing as using battleships as bait?

But she couldn't defy her fate; even Rome couldn't resist in this cold and indifferent society.

She had no choice but to go up alone and deal with a group of deep-sea amphibious ships.

Although Rome is an excellent battleship, her training level is only level 1. If she goes up alone to fight a whole squadron of Abyssal Fleets, even if she wins, it will be a particularly miserable defeat.

In almost every battle, Rome suffered various forms of moderate damage, and once again, due to bad luck, they stepped on a torpedo and were severely damaged.

If you want it broken, then let it break. Your ship equipment is damaged, so you need to rest.

If my sister forces me to launch a major offensive, Rome will really turn on me; that's not fair.