Elder brother's garrison

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"Sigh—then all my first place was for nothing!"

"Sorry, sorry...would you like some snacks?"

"I want to eat seaweed rice crackers!"

“Your taste is quite old-fashioned.” Xiao Bai rummaged through the ship’s equipment space. “Hmm… perfect, I remember Miss Bai Ying usually likes to eat this, and I just happened to have some stored in the ship’s equipment space.”

Shiro offered tea, snacks, and drinks to Yubari, who had come in first place, to pass the time.

Compared to Yubari, who arrived at the battlefield in just a few minutes, Vesta was much slower.

After all, the entire process of getting to the top involves four steps: activating the teleportation ability to go home, meeting up with the Vesta Goddess at the newbie naval base, bringing the Vesta Goddess to Chapter 8, and then rushing from the teleportation point in Chapter 8 all the way to the newbie's dormitory.

Shiro and Yubari waited in the dormitory for about an hour. Finally, a series of light footsteps sounded outside Shiro's dormitory.

A tall, black-clad figure carrying a petite body rushed into Xiaobai's dormitory.

It was none other than the super-sized and long-unseen female hearth goddess.

"Admiral, I'm back!" Super Yamato panted, patting the female hearth goddess he was carrying on his shoulder, and stared at Shiro with wide eyes.

"Super Yamato, thank you for your hard work." Shiro quickly handed Super Yamato water, then looked at Super Yamato's shoulder.

On the shoulder of the giant robot, a pert little butt wearing jeans was facing the crowd.

When Chao Dahe put the female Stove Goddess down from his shoulder, everyone saw her face.

The goddess of the hearth looked defeated and kept rubbing her shoulders after being put down.

"Hey, you're so rough! I just walk a little slower, why did you carry me all the way?" The Vesta complained to the super-sized ship girl. "She's a ship girl, not cargo! Even if you need to transport her manually, you should at least choose a princess carry or something... Hey! There's senbei! And it's my favorite seaweed flavor!"

Halfway through her story, the female kitchen god noticed the rice crackers that Yubari was holding. She immediately skipped over to Yubari, picked up a rice cracker, and took a few crunching bites.

"Hmm... Young people, you should eat senbei with strong tea. Don't you even know that?" The female kitchen god held a half-eaten senbei in one hand and pointed to the scattered mineral water bottles next to her with the other.

"It's just that the conditions don't allow it." Yubari shrugged, then smiled at Shiro. "Admiral, Vestal Goddess has finally arrived. Now you can tell us what trouble you've run into!"

Yubari's words diverted the hearth goddess's attention from the senbei (rice crackers).

The female Kitchen Goddess also looked at Xiaobai and responded.

"Oh right, Admiral, what happened to you this time that you can't say it in the discussion group?"

"Well..."

Xiaobai scratched his head and smiled at the two ship girls.

You know what, this matter really can't be discussed casually...

After all, this is a major secret among the world's top ten admirals, and could even be considered a scandal...

Xiaobai lowered her hand and looked at Chaodahe standing in the room.

Chao Da was stunned for a moment, then reacted a beat too slowly and hurriedly tried to go out.

"I, I'll go out right now!" Chao Yamato said.

"No need, Super Yamato, you can stay." Before Super Yamato could leave, Xiaobai spoke up to stop her. After pausing for a few seconds, Xiaobai continued to say to Super Yamato, "Super Yamato, please close the doors and windows in the room for me."

"Oh!" Chao Dahe stopped in her tracks, nodded subconsciously, and followed Xiao Bai's instructions to close the door and open window of Xiao Bai's dormitory, and then pulled the curtains tight.

With the light source blocked, the room suddenly became much darker.

The four of them were in the room, and for a moment the atmosphere was eerily quiet.

"Admiral, let me say this first: with the level of hearing of ship girls, if someone really wanted to eavesdrop, the soundproofing in our dormitory is far from adequate," Yubari reminded Shiro.

"It's mainly to create a festive atmosphere," Xiaobai smiled at everyone.

"It's getting more and more mysterious." Yubari and the female hearth goddess exchanged a glance, then the two of them munched on senbei (rice crackers), waiting for Shiro's next words.

After the atmosphere quieted down, Xiaobai calmed herself down.

Soon, Xiaobai stopped playing around and became serious.

"In short, Yubari, the goddess of the hearth, you must not tell anyone what I'm about to say," Shiro said.

"Huh? Ah!" Yubari and the female hearth god quickly put down the senbei.

"It's okay, you can keep eating snacks."

"Oh, oh..." Yubari and the hearth goddess picked up the senbei again.

"Here's what happened." Xiaobai moved a chair over from the desk, sat down, placed her hands flat on her thighs, took a deep breath, organized her thoughts, and said to everyone, "...I have a friend."

"Oh……"

"My friend used to be human, and then... for some reason, she suddenly developed the physique of a ship girl recently," Xiaobai said, clenching her fist. "And because of this physique, her daily life has been quite troublesome lately. For example, she easily breaks things around her, and she can't sleep well at night..."

"oh……?"

Yubari and the female hearth goddess locked eyes once more, their gazes fixed on Shiro with a strange expression.

"And then, my friend, who is also an admiral," Xiaobai said, crossing his arms, "and she's also ranked quite high in the world."

Upon hearing this, Yubari and the female hearth god looked at each other and exchanged knowing glances.

The friend the admiral mentioned... why does that name sound so familiar?

An admiral who was originally human, and then suddenly became a ship girl...

This seems to be describing the admiral himself, doesn't it?

"Admiral, that friend you mentioned... could she be ranked in the top ten in the world?" Vesta asked Little White.

"And that friend the admiral mentioned, do I know him?" Yubari also asked.

"Ahem, he is indeed in the top ten in the world, and you have indeed met Yubari before..." Xiaobai coughed. "I can only reveal this much. I can't tell you any more about this person's identity. I promised her I would keep it a secret. You can't ask for any more information."

"I understand, I understand!" Yubari and the female hearth goddess nodded quickly. "So, why did you suddenly bring up this friend, Admiral?"

“It’s like this,” Xiaobai said slowly to the two of them. “As you know, for a human to suddenly possess the physique of a ship girl is an extremely frightening thing, especially when the one with this physique is a serving admiral. If this were to be exposed and found out by the admiral’s guild, it would be a very bad thing. So what I was thinking was… Vestal and Yubari, you two are both experts in ship girl equipment and ship girl medical care. The three of us previously worked together to solve a problem in Shropshire that was very similar to the current one. I wonder if you have any way… to help my friend turn back into a human from her ship girl form?”

Snapped!

Snapped!

Snapped!

The moment Xiaobai finished speaking, three crisp sounds of objects falling to the ground rang out in the quiet room.

Yubari and the female hearth goddess opened their eyes wide at almost the same time, and the senbei in their hands lost their strength and fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.

Chao Yamato, who had been standing silently in the corner, felt dizzy upon hearing Xiaobai's words and instinctively stumbled backward until he grabbed the desk to steady himself.

Even so, Chaodahe knocked over a pen next to the desk, causing it to fall to the ground and roll all the way to Xiaobai's feet.

Chapter 3177 He's not fully awake? That must be a lie. I'm going to sleep now.

The pen rolled all the way to Little White's feet.

Xiaobai looked down at the pen, bent down to pick it up, leaned on the chair, turned to the side, and put the pen back on the table.

When Xiaobai turned back, he saw that the female hearth goddess and Yubari were both dumbfounded, staring at Xiaobai with wide eyes and utter shock.

"Huh? Why are you all looking at me like that?" Xiaobai asked, puzzled.

"Admiral, what... what did you just say?" The goddess of the hearth and Yubari gasped and spoke slowly.

"Huh? What did I just do?" Xiaobai blinked. "I said... can you guys come up with a way to turn my friend back from a ship girl to a human?"

"..." Yubari and the female hearth god.

Wow!

Yubari and the female hearth goddess delivered two large bags of senbei (rice crackers) to the ground with a clatter.

In an instant, the rice cracker packaging was scattered all over the ground.

"Oh dear, what a waste..." Shiro quickly stood up from her chair, ran to Yubari and the Kitchen Goddess, squatted down and picked up the senbei that had fallen to the ground one by one.

"Admiral! You, you're not kidding, are you?" Yubari had no time to care about Senbei at this moment. She quickly got up, rushed to Shiro, squatted down, and pressed Shiro's shoulders, asking excitedly, "You, you, you...you really want to...no, you, your friend really wants to give up the ship girl and turn back into a human??"

"Huh? Uh... I think that's how it is..." Shiro didn't expect Yubari to react so strongly, and she nodded subconsciously, "I think that's how it is..."

Xiaobai did not ask Nanxing whether she wanted to be a ship girl or a human.

However, based on Nanxing's previous reactions, it seems that Nanxing herself harbors the idea that "her constitution can be cured."

Furthermore, Nanxing is currently unable to control the power of the ship girls. If the ship girls' physical constitution is accidentally exposed, it would be a devastating blow to the Nanxing Naval Base.

That's why Xiaobai subconsciously wanted to help Nanxing turn back into a human.

Upon hearing Xiaobai's reply, Yubari's breath hitched. Her hands went limp, and she leaned against the bed, staring at Xiaobai in astonishment.

"Admiral, when...when did your friend come up with this idea?" The female hearth goddess, having recovered from her daze, looked at Xiaobai with a complicated expression. "Everything was fine before, it can't just happen like this..."

“Everything was fine before…” Upon hearing the words of the female Kitchen Goddess, Xiao Bai’s heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, even the goddess of the hearth knows that her friend was perfectly fine before.

Could it be that the goddess of the hearth has already guessed that the target is Admiral Nanxing?

Xiaobai subconsciously swallowed, and then quickly waved her hand.

"Plans can't keep up with changes... And as humans, we should look the best, right? You, you guys, don't ask this anymore..." Xiaobai stammered.

Seeing Xiaobai's stammering, the goddess of the hearth and Yubari felt a buzzing in their heads, and they were completely at a loss.

The goddess of the hearth and Yubari looked at each other, their eyes revealing complex expressions of "sigh" and "confusion," respectively.

"H-how is it?" Seeing that the female hearth goddess and Yubari remained silent and only stared at each other, Xiaobai hurriedly and cautiously asked, "With your abilities, can you solve this kind of problem?"

"Admiral, I'm sorry about this... I was indeed naive just now." Yubari, feeling somewhat weak, helped herself up from the bed. She said to Shiro, "What you're talking about is indeed a big deal... so big that I even feel that you're not taking it seriously enough to only discuss it with me, Vestal Goddess, and Super-Big."

“You could hold a ship girl conference covering the entire naval base for this kind of problem and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration,” said the female hearth goddess.

"Oh, this can't be that serious..." Xiaobai clicked his tongue.

“Absolutely, Admiral, absolutely.” The goddess of the hearth shook her head.

"I think it's enough to tell the three of you," Xiaobai said after thinking for a while.

"This could kill someone... Admiral."

"Huh? Is the surgery to turn you back into a human really that risky?"

“This isn’t about whether the wind is risky or not, it’s…” Yubari said subconsciously, but quickly shut her mouth. She looked at the innocent-looking Shiro, sighed, and said weakly, “Never mind… Admiral, what you’re talking about is too big. I can’t give you an answer right now.”

"It's alright, we still have about two days," Xiaobai interjected.

"Only two days??"

"Yes, if possible, I hope to get a reply within a day," Xiaobai said.

Because Xiaobai didn't know how long the Admiral's Guild would hold back from sending someone to look for her if Nanxing continued to fall in the rankings at this rate.

Two days is already the most conservative timeframe Xiaobai has given.

"Two days...two days it is then." Yubari and the female hearth goddess exchanged a glance, looking at the senbei in Shiro's arms. Just a moment ago they were happily munching on these snacks, but now they felt parched and dazed. "Admiral, well, anyway, we understand your needs. We need to go out and discuss the relevant matters now..."

"Okay, it's alright, you guys go ahead." Xiaobai nodded. "Once you've come to a conclusion, you can come find me. I'll be available for the next couple of days."

"That would be perfect." The goddess of the hearth and Yubari exclaimed, swallowing hard before quickly pushing open the door and fleeing as if their lives depended on it.

Xiaobai watched the two ship girls leave, her gaze once again falling on Chaodahe in the room.

Chao Yamato's face was somewhat pale, and his expression was stiff, making him look unhealthy.

"Super Yamato, are you alright?" Shiro asked with concern.

"..." Chao Dahe quickly shook her head, then lowered her head, quickened her pace, and scurried out of the room, disappearing in a flash.

"Why are these three reacting so strongly..." Xiaobai muttered to herself, looking at Yamato's retreating figure. "It's just about treating a friend of mine's ship girl constitution... Why do they look at it like the sky has fallen..."

……

Meanwhile, Yubari and the female hearth goddess ran out of Shiro's dormitory. The two hurried along until they left the dormitory building and reached a deserted corner, where they finally stopped.

The weather is cool today.

However, both Yubari and the female hearth god had beads of sweat on their foreheads and their hands and feet were ice-cold.

"So, so..." The Vesta quickly looked at Yubari, "Is the Admiral planning to dismantle her ship's equipment and become an ordinary human?"

"Is it possible... I mean, is it possible that the Admiral is talking about someone else..." Yubari said painfully, rubbing her forehead, "For example, is there someone else in the world who meets all the criteria of being among the world's top ten admirals, being female, being a human, now possessing ship equipment, and whom I know..."

"No matter how I think about it, it can only be the Admiral!" The goddess of the hearth held her head.