Elder brother's garrison

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Deep Sea Musashi turned around and looked back at the beach.

Behind Deep Sea Musashi is a small restaurant that has already closed down; after the sun sets, everyone inside has left.

Deep Sea Musashi stared blankly at the empty little restaurant, lost in thought.

The blood-red eyes reflected the humble little restaurant, like a burning wooden house under the red moon.

In an instant, Deep Sea Musashi seemed to see the restaurant reduced to rubble by fierce artillery fire. The waiter who had greeted him at noon, the chef who had tossed the wok, and the corpses of the blonde and white-haired little girls lay sprawled in the restaurant, their mangled limbs wreathed in venomous crimson flames. Pieces of delicious food lay scattered on the beach like garbage, and the screams of humans filled the air—a scene straight out of hell.

For some reason, Deep Sea Musashi's pupils suddenly contracted.

Flames were her favorite thing; they were her power, her toys, and the achievements her ship equipment could make. But when she saw the flames burning the restaurant she had stayed in and tearing apart the humans she had just met, an inexplicable pressure gripped her heart like a hand.

Deep Sea Musashi didn't even know where this feeling came from.

She quickly turned back and looked back at the sea.

Deep Sea Musashi reached out and placed his hand on his chest, feeling his heart pounding through the softness.

This feeling is something I had never experienced before waking up from the deep-sea home.

—In short, Deep Sea Musashi felt that he had become weaker.

Deep Sea Musashi gritted his teeth and lowered his head.

Just then, a pair of hands patted Deep Sea Musashi's shoulders.

"What are you doing here? I'm so worried! Why aren't you home yet? Where's your sister?" A hurried young man's voice reached Deep Sea Musashi's ears.

Deep Sea Musashi turned his head and looked at the person who had come.

It was an admiral dressed in a white military uniform, sweating profusely and looking anxious.

Deep Sea Musashi did not know him.

"Ah, sorry, I mistook you for someone else." The young man only realized he had mistaken someone when Deep Sea Musashi turned around. He quickly withdrew his hand and apologized to Deep Sea Musashi. The anxiety on his face intensified after he realized that Deep Sea Musashi was not the person he was looking for.

Deep Sea Musashi stared coldly at the admiral.

If it were Deep Sea Musashi a few seconds ago, when she felt someone touch her body without her consent, she would have thrown a punch in anger without even thinking, risking the leakage of her deep-sea aura. With her ordinary human body, she would probably have been smashed into pieces.

It was only because Deep Sea Musashi had just experienced some psychological pressure and hadn't reacted yet that this man survived by sheer luck.

However, Deep Sea Musashi wouldn't give him a friendly look either.

The admiral was completely unaware that he had just had a thrilling brush with death, and he also failed to notice that Deep Sea Musashi was quite displeased. He anxiously looked around and, finding no one else nearby, could only turn his gaze back to the only person on the beach.

"I'm so sorry, I really apologize. The clothes you're wearing look so similar to those of my ship girl, so I mistook you for someone else," the admiral said to Deepsea Musashi. "Have you ever seen a ship girl dressed like you before?"

Deep Sea Musashi shook his head.

"Really haven't seen them before? Please, can you think about it again? There are two ship girls in total, one of whom is wearing the exact same clothes as you. One is this tall and the other is this tall. They are my most important family members. They are really important to me... I have searched most of the city..." The admiral said nervously while gesturing, like a drowning person grabbing at a straw by the river, asking Deep Sea Musashi questions incessantly.

Deep Sea Musashi frowned.

—This human is a bit annoying.

When you're thinking about something important, can't you just give yourself some peace and quiet?

What I'm thinking about concerns your very survival three days from now, okay? It's way more important than your two ship girls...

……

Hmm? Two ship girls?

As Deep Sea Musashi pondered this, he suddenly raised an eyebrow as if he had remembered something.

Come to think of it, I did manage to take care of two ship girls before I came here, and even stripped one of them of her clothes and wore them myself...

Seeing that Deepsea Musashi had clearly thought of something, the admiral quickly looked at her with hopeful eyes: "Miss, do you have any clues?"

“…” Deep Sea Musashi looked at the admiral in front of him and thought for a while.

Those two ship girls were pretty weak, to the point that I almost didn't even remember them. Anyway, I just let them float on the surface of the water after I hit them with one shot each, so they couldn't fight back. Whether they sank and were eaten by fish and shrimp or torn to pieces by the passing Abyssal ships, it had nothing to do with Abyssal Musashi.

Deep Sea Musashi didn't want to cause any trouble. She was just here to eat, not to be a Good Samaritan. But it seemed that the admiral in front of her didn't want to let go of this last chance, and kept looking at Deep Sea Musashi with that sticky expression.

“…They seem to have gone that way.” Deep Sea Musashi pointed in the direction he came from.

"Really? Thank you! Thank you!" Upon hearing Deep Sea Musashi's words, the Admiral didn't believe it was true and quickly thanked Deep Sea Yamato, saying, "I can't repay your kindness enough! I will definitely..."

"money."

"Uh?"

"Give me the money," Deep Sea Musashi said coldly to the admiral.

The admiral was stunned for only a few seconds before quickly taking out his wallet, pulling out all the cash inside, and handing it to Deep Sea Musashi. "Thank you, kind lady."

Deep Sea Musashi accepted the money handed to him by the admiral; it was a thick stack and felt quite heavy.

Deep Sea Musashi didn't know how much this cost, but it looked like it had cost more than what he had eaten before.

The red banknote that the white-haired little girl handed to the waiter when she paid her bill is one of many in Deep Sea Musashi's stack.

After receiving his reward, Deep Sea Musashi ignored the admiral completely.

The admiral didn't bother Abyssal Musashi any further. He quickly ran back to the city, seemingly to call on the other ship girls to go in the direction Abyssal Musashi had indicated to retrieve his two missing subordinates.

Deep Sea Musashi sat on the beach counting the cash in his hand, then held it contentedly in his palm.

Trading the lives of two weak enemies for this amount of operational funds isn't a bad deal for Deep Sea Musashi.

Deep Sea Musashi stood up from the beach and gently patted the sand off his bottom.

With this money, three days shouldn't be a problem. Let's put those annoying thoughts aside for later.

Deep Sea Musashi shook his head, banishing all the wavering, tension, and other thoughts from his mind, then clutched the cash in his hand and ran towards the city center.

Chapter 412 It's so good!

When Xiaobai and Saratoga returned to the courtyard where the naval base was located, the base had already served dinner.

In the center of the courtyard, Renown, dressed in a maid outfit, stood quietly beside Akagi and Yamato, who were wearing chef's hats and aprons, watching them silently.

In the middle of the courtyard, the ship girls set up a temporary open-air kitchen.

Akagi is currently holding a ladle and stirring the food in the pot in front of him.

The aroma of hot dishes wafted through the air in the courtyard, under the watchful eyes of the other ship girls, like some kind of mysterious ritual.

"Yamato, check on the chicken soup in the pressure cooker, it's almost done," Akagi reminded Yamato, who was standing next to her, while stirring the vegetables in the pot.

"Oh, oh, oh." Yamato Akagi put down the kitchen knife in his hand and ran to the pressure cooker next to him. "It's not cooked yet."

"Okay, now please pour it into a clay pot and simmer it slowly. This way, less nutrients will be lost," Akagi said.

"Oh, I understand." Yamato nodded, then took out the pressure cooker with a damp cloth, opened it with a snap, and poured the white broth and chicken into the casserole dish.

"Yamato, could you chop some green onions for me?"

"Ok."

"Yamato, could you watch the wok for me? I'll go clean the fish."

"Oh, alright!"

Akagi and Akami Yamato were busy in the middle of the courtyard, and the aroma of various dishes mingled and rose up, causing the ship girls standing around to swallow hard.

"Wow...that's amazing." Xiaobai exclaimed, looking at the Deep Sea Yamato and Akagi working together seamlessly in the center of the courtyard.

"Master." Upon seeing Xiaobai return, Shengwang bowed to her.

"Hi Reputation," Little White said with a smile. "Aren't you cooking today?"

"Reputation only knows a little bit of cooking skills. If someone can do it better, Reputation won't pretend to be something it's not." Reputation smiled at Xiaobai, frankly admitting his shortcomings.

However, Shengwang's statement is somewhat biased. After all, Shengwang has been cooking in large batches for many years and has extensive experience. Although the nature of cooking in large batches means that the dishes cannot be made too delicately, Xiaobai thinks that what she makes is much better than what his high school cafeteria makes.

However, when faced with Akagi, a woman with overflowing feminine strength and top-notch domestic skills, she was simply at a disadvantage.

"Is Lexington still inside?" Little White asked Reputation.

"Mrs. Leigh is here."

"Still working?" Xiaobai asked in surprise.

Yamato is already out, so why is Lexington still working?

"She's probably organizing the information Yamato gave her. Master, why don't you go and call her?"

"Okay, I'll go take a look." Xiaobai stared at Akagi and Akami Yamato for a while, appreciating their pleasing cooking skills, before following Saratoga into the temporary admiral's room.

Outside the Admiral's Office, the scene was bustling and lively, while inside, it was much quieter.

The admiral's quarters were built by the ship girls themselves using stone bricks, so the soundproofing wasn't very good. But it was precisely because of this poor soundproofing that the lively sounds from the courtyard seeped into the admiral's quarters, making the room seem even more desolate.

Lexington sat at the table where he had been studying with Yamato Akagi that morning, carefully examining the map that was covered with writing.

"Lexington, we're back!" Little White greeted Lexington.

"Did you have fun?" Lexington smiled and looked up at Saratoga and Little White.

"Hmm." Xiaobai nodded. "We met a very interesting person later on."

"Who is it?"

"A particularly gluttonous ship girl," Xiaobai said. "She doesn't seem to have a very good memory."

"Oh, I see. So, we've become friends?"

"We parted ways after asking each other's names."

"..." Lexington maintained her smile.

Xiaobai slowly walked behind Lexington and gently massaged her shoulder.

"Little White, I'm a ship girl, my shoulders won't feel stiff or sore." Lexington didn't resist Little White's actions, but gently reminded her.

"Okay, then I'll massage you for a while." Xiaobai said to Lexington with a smile, "Lexington's shoulders are indeed very soft."

"Of course, after all, I'm a ship girl. My body will always be in great shape."

"Ship girls get tired too, right?" Xiaobai said. "Lexington, I also have ship equipment, and I get tired after putting on ship equipment."

Lexington didn't say anything this time, just smiled, then gently tilted her head back and rested it on Little White's chest like a pillow.

Lexington gazed tenderly at Little White, as if she were looking at her own daughter.

"Time to eat," Xiaobai said.

"Hmm." Lexington put away the map in front of her and placed it in her ship equipment space before slowly standing up.

Lexington, who had stood up, bent down, hugged Little White for a moment, and took a soft breath.

"Little White, starting tomorrow, we'll begin preparing to conquer the seas," Lexington whispered in Little White's ear.

"Well, I'll try my best."

“Thank you.” Lexington smiled. “But that’s not what I meant.”

What is Lexington trying to say?

“Starting tomorrow, you will stand in front of me,” Lexington said softly.

Xiao Bai was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask Lexington what he meant by that, when Lexington released his arms, smiled, and pulled him and Saratoga together, heading towards the door: "Let's go eat~"

Lexington walked out of the admiral's office with a smile on his face.

"Lexington is out!" The surrounding ship girls greeted her warmly when they saw Lexington finally emerge.

Lexington is an even busier ship girl than Shiro. Usually, you can only catch a glimpse of Lexington a few times when she's in the Admiral's office. Right now, all the ship girls in the courtyard are hoping that Lexington will show up.

Several groups of ship girls gathered around. As the night grew darker, accompanied by the roaring fire in the middle of the courtyard, Lexington smiled and greeted each of the ship girls who came to greet her.

Dinner began shortly afterward.

Akagi didn't cook in a large pot, nor was she good at using such a large stove. Instead, she put in even more effort to make dishes that suited the tastes of ship girls of various nationalities.

The ship girls moved tables and chairs out of the house and set up a large circle in the yard.

Tirpitz was then dragged out of the room by Bismarck.

Wearing a black leather jacket and transformed into her queen mode, Tirpitz was left by Bismarck next to Little White.

"Good evening, Tirpitz," Little White greeted Tirpitz.

Tirpitz, looking tired and neglected by electronic devices, nodded to Little White.