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"Crench."
"Oh, oh, oh, this is it, this is it!" Tirpitz's eyes lit up as he realized this, and his hands moved faster and faster, sketching one draft after another before tossing them behind him with a flourish. "I'm getting it, I'm getting it!"
"Slowly, the protagonist also gradually succumbs to endless desires! The entire naval base, the hope of mankind, also begins to slowly fall!" Tirpitz quickly picked up her pen, and with her mature writing style, she vividly depicted the emotional vortex between the characters and the entire process of a pure young girl's fall.
Compared to ship girls, Tirpitz seems to be quite talented in this area.
After finishing the last stroke, Tirpitz wiped a non-existent bead of sweat from his forehead with satisfaction.
Tirpitz, who usually lacks motivation and is idle, only gets excited when drawing comics.
Tirpitz looked at the manuscript in his hand.
These line drawings are just rough sketches of the storyboards and some of the characters' actions. However, when he encountered some storyboards that he felt were more interesting, he did some more careful sketching and drew the characters' expressions very well.
"I feel like the chest is still drawn a bit too big..." Tirpitz frowned.
Oh well, let it be big then. It's all because Xiaobai has been gone for so long and hasn't sent back any photos so I can get a feel for things. These character actions and expressions are all modified from my sister's previous works, so it's normal that they have some of my sister's features.
If someone asks about this later, I can just give a perfunctory answer like, "Actually, the protagonist has a hidden large bust."
Tirpitz turned around, preparing to tidy up the manuscripts he had thrown behind him.
Then, just as Tirpitz turned around, she saw a white-haired girl kneeling behind her, looking at the neatly stacked manga manuscripts in her hands.
The girl had just seen the second to last picture.
Tirpitz remembered the image on the screen: the protagonist lying on the ground, looking at the camera with a completely broken expression.
Chapter 344 Pretending nothing happened is a great wisdom
Xiao Bai looked at the heavy stack of manuscripts in his hands, and at the girl depicted with simple yet lifelike lines.
“Tirpitz…”
Xiaobai trembled as she raised her head to look at the ship girl sitting in front of her.
"..." Tirpitz's body stiffened at this moment, and the two remained silent for a long while.
"He's back."
"Ah."
"When did you come in?"
"It entered when the protagonist was gradually sinking into endless desires..."
Oh, then everything must have been seen.
Tirpitz looked nervously at the draft in Xiaobai's hand: "Have you finished reading it?"
"finish watching."
"...Then give it back to me?" Tirpitz asked cautiously. "It took me a lot of effort to draw it."
Xiao Bai took a deep breath and stood up.
Tirpitz's drawing skills are excellent. Even with very simple strokes, he can bring the characteristics of the characters to life on the paper. So, it is easy for a novice to see that the so-called protagonist on the paper is himself.
As someone who has hardly ever listened to anything, let alone erotic comics or even dirty jokes, only Xiaobai herself knows how much of an impact she suffered.
Tirpitz watched as the admiral in front of him stood up and then released his admiral network like an octopus, finally realizing that things were starting to turn bad.
"noob?"
Tirpitz could feel White's network of admirals slowly extending towards him.
"Tirpitz, you pervert!"
Xiao Bai's rare, shameful shout immediately echoed throughout the entire floor.
As for what happened afterward, neither Tirpitz nor Xiaobai said a word to the outside world. However, when Shenhai Yamato got off work, he saw Tirpitz kneeling on a washboard, looking at the paper shredder in the living room with a pained expression, while Bismarck stood by and supervised him with a cold expression.
These two sisters certainly have a lot of playful activities every day.
Deep Sea Yamato didn't take this to heart.
On this day, it seemed that Xiaobai had finally reached a limit due to the fatigue accumulated from the expedition in the first sea area, so he went to bed early and didn't even eat dinner.
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The next day, Xiaobai got up early and went to the living room.
Tirpitz was playing games alone in front of the computer in the living room, while Yamato Akagi, wrapped in a sheet, was fast asleep on the sofa next to him.
The contents of the shredder weren't actually thrown away, but Bismarck collected them and took them to his room.
Xiaobai sat down next to Tirpitz.
Tirpitz and White were still very close, and the "Little Yellow Book" incident did not cause any rift in their friendship.
These two people wisely pretended that nothing had happened.
"Tirpitz, have you had breakfast?"
"Didn't eat."
"Has Bismarck left?"
"gone."
"You stayed up all night again?"
"Ah."
This is what a conversation between girls full of friendship goes like.
After watching Tirpitz play the game for a while, Xiaobai, feeling that it was about time, packed up and went to work.
As Little White left, the usually composed Tirpitz pouted.
The fighting spirit of a passionate erotic comic artist is inextinguishable; even being targeted by the whole world cannot stop a dedicated artist from putting down their brush.
Tirpitz leaned over and pulled a graphics tablet out of the small hill full of clutter as if he were digging for treasure.
Xiaobai was naturally unaware of what was happening at home.
Xiao Bai arrived at the Admiral's Office and began a new day's work.
"Xiaobai, you seem to be in a good mood?" Lexington said, looking at Xiaobai's expression as he helped Xiaobai sort the files.
"Well, is there?"
"Did you have a good time with Tirpitz?" Lexington asked.
"No, Tirpitz drew my... cough cough, no, no." Little White shook his head.
Lexington thought about it for a while with some curiosity, but in the end she attributed these things to the daily occurrences between girls and did not ask any further questions.
Lexington first placed a thick stack of documents in front of Xiaobai, then picked up a few yellow papers and thought for a while.
"Xiaobai, take a look at these." Lexington said as he placed the papers in front of Xiaobai.
Xiao Bai picked it up and quickly glanced at it.
These are all recent notices, mostly requesting communication with the naval base and inquiring about when the base will have the necessary documents.
"What is this?" Xiaobai asked.
“The naval base occasionally interacts with those above or around it who are of equal rank; that’s what’s written here,” Lexington said.
Xiao Bai read through the documents repeatedly and even noticed that one of them was sent from headquarters.
It's related to Missouri in the Whitey Town Hall.
It seems that even headquarters wants to see the Missouri, as the world's first recorded battleship of its era.
"Ah, this was sent to me when you were in Yuxiu. I wonder if anyone still wants to come after all this time," Lexington said with a smile as she watched Xiaobai pick up the headquarters application.
Lexington had already helped Xiaobai reject many of these requests for communication, citing the admiral's recent appointment and numerous other commitments. However, as time went on, this reason began to falter, so Lexington had no choice but to accept them temporarily and see if time could resolve everything.
However, Missouri is a rather special existence in the history of human ship girls. After all, there are very few ship girls who have witnessed the victory or defeat of world-class wars throughout history, and Missouri is one of the strongest battleships. As the first ship girl of the USS Missouri battleship, she has a very high status and has therefore received a lot of attention.
This was the fourth application sent from headquarters, and Lexington felt it would be unreasonable to refuse again.
"Do they want to see Missouri?"
“Yes, Missouri may not look like that, but she’s a big star,” Lexington said.
"Oh." Xiaobai looked at the Missouri document several times, then looked at Lexington. "Who's coming?"
If it were a group of reporters, Xiaobai wouldn't really want them to come in.
"There won't be many people. The people who write the teaching materials might come to gather information. Including the admirals, there will probably be only three or four people."
Xiao Bai nodded and put the file down.
Even a powerful naval base like my brother's still needs to maintain contact with headquarters.
"But what about Yamato and Pachina in the naval base?"
"It's alright, we can just hide them. They're just here to visit Missouri, not to raid our property," Lexington said with a smile. "Besides, headquarters actually had a slight feeling about the Abyssal Fleet being in the naval base, but we've all been acting as if nothing happened."
After all, compared to the world's number one naval base, it's just an insignificant "deep-sea vessel," and its power is far inferior. This is probably a privilege of the strong.
However, the class of this deep-sea amphibious ship might be slightly higher than they had imagined.
"Okay." Xiaobai signed the document in front of him, handed it to Lexington, and smiled at her. "Then let them come."
"Okay, I'll go prepare." Lexington took the documents. "When should we choose a time?"
How's the Lexington pick?
“No problem.” Lexington returned to his seat.
The work of the naval base cannot always be left to Lexington alone. Of course, it's not that Lexington is incapable of handling it, but as the admiral, Xiaobai always has to face these things.
Lexington initially intended for Shiro to be a mascot-like figurehead for the naval base, without intending for her to share the base's workload. However, as time passed and Lexington worked with Shiro for a considerable period, she gradually came to realize something.
That is to say, Xiaobai's abilities as an admiral are quite outstanding.
It's even better than Lexington.
So after returning from Yuxiu and recognizing Xiaobai's growth, Lexington has been considering how to gradually hand over some of the core work of the naval base to Xiaobai.
After all, she's just a ship girl; the work should be left to humans so they can feel more at ease.
Xiaobai is now handling one of the core tasks of the naval base.
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Headquarters always responds to newbie naval bases the fastest.
After Lexington sent out the message that everything was ready and they were ready to welcome him at any time, headquarters, as if they had been waiting for a long time, sent over a folder containing all the reservations.
The folder contains the itinerary, the people involved, and the things that need to be done.
Having gained some time, the naval base has been busy these past few days.
First, Xiaobai told Missouri that someone wanted to interview her. Missouri thought about it for a while and then politely agreed with a smile.
As expected of a big star, she wasn't nervous at all.
Then, the integrity of the bracelets belonging to Deepsea Yamato and Pachina was checked again to prevent the Deepsea aura from leaking out if the bracelets broke. Afterwards, the two were invited to Tirpitz's place, ostensibly for a two-day break.
Then the ship girls in the naval base exchanged information with unusual ease.
Just as it seemed that uniform training had been conducted for this situation before, all the ship girls could tell lies with innocent smiles.
Finally, the day arrived to welcome the people from headquarters.
Xiao Bai stood at the entrance of the garrison, looking at the group of people getting off the car with a rather peculiar expression.
"Hey, Little White Sister, long time no see!" Mu Yu smiled at Little White.
"Hello." Lin Qing, dressed in red, bowed to Xiao Bai.
It turns out they're all our own people.
Having taken all the necessary precautions, Xiaobai subtly felt that this was like having prepared a bunch of cheat sheets during an exam, only to find out later that the exam was open-book – a feeling of emptiness.
Chapter 345 A Masterful Stroke of the Tongue
"Why is it you two?" Xiao Bai stood in front of the garrison headquarters, looking at the two governors in front of him with a lot of doubt.
Four or five people got off the car, more than Lexington had predicted; the majority of them were probably the two governors in front of him.
Governors are always extremely busy. Although Xiaobai doesn't know what they are usually busy with, Lexington once said that those in their position have to deal with several times more things every day than ordinary admirals.
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