Elder brother's garrison

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"How are you feeling?" Akagi asked Lexington.

“Great.” Lexington reached out and patted Mia’s head. “Mia is such a good girl, just like a little sister.”

"I'm going to tattle on Saratoga."

"Oh dear, are you holding a grudge?"

“Not at all.” Akagi smiled, a fleeting look of envy crossing her eyes as she looked at Mia.

Although Mia is humanoid, she is indeed equipment of the ship girl, that much is true. As a mecha girl, she has indeed merged into Lexington's body, making a part of her fighter jet even more powerful and terrifying.

Akagi said that if he were to carefully control that group of golden fighter jets, he could do it, but if he did, his control over other carrier-based aircraft would be inferior, which would be counterproductive.

Mia's greatest strength lies in her independent thinking. As a mecha girl, her talent for mastering carrier-based aircraft is among the best. Lexington doesn't need to expend much effort to get Mia to perform very difficult maneuvers. Most importantly, because Mia and Lexington have become one on a spiritual level, their tactical actions and overall coordination have reached a terrifying level of proficiency.

Most importantly, this is only Mia's first time on the battlefield. As her proficiency increases, who knows what kind of monster she will become?

—Is this what a mecha girl is?

Akagi sighed as she watched Lexington patting Mia's head.

I wish I had that too.

Lexington and Akagi retrieved their carrier-based aircraft, tidied themselves up, and then returned to the beach with Mia, who was still extremely nervous.

On the beach, the ship girls of the naval base raised their hands and cheered like triumphant heroes, welcoming the return of Lexington and Akagi.

"Mrs. Lie is amazing!"

"Go, Akagi-neechan!"

"Mia is amazing too!"

The ship girls at the naval base didn't care who ultimately won or lost. Seeing Akagi and Lexington both looking relaxed with smiles, the ship girls had no reason to be unhappy.

However, it's worth mentioning that they recognized Mia's importance.

Mia truly lives up to her reputation as the top-tier equipment among ship girls; after Lexington was equipped with it, she was able to launch a counterattack against Akagi.

Extraordinary.

"Mia! Mia!" The ship girls surrounded Mia in circles, looking at her as if she were a treasure. "You're so amazing!"

"Is Mia a fighter jet?! She's so strong! Can we try teaming up?" Several aircraft carrier girls looked at Mia and were also eager to try.

Mia nervously looked at the ship girls around her who were staring at her, took several rapid breaths, and then suddenly threw herself back into Lexington's arms.

—It seems Mia is determined to stay with Lexington for life.

Chapter 570 Woof Woof

Xiaobai led the rookie naval girls back to their residence in the courtyard.

As Xiaobai stepped through the gate into the courtyard, he instantly felt a mysterious and unpredictable pressure.

It was a vague, intangible atmosphere that felt suffocating. Xiao Bai looked up into the courtyard and saw two familiar guests waiting there.

Ella and Luo Lian stood facing each other in the courtyard, smiling, staring at each other without saying a word, much like how Xiao Bai had looked at Akagi and Lexington earlier.

Behind Luo Lian, the weak, pitiful, and helpless Yan Zhan was huddled on a small stool, carefully drinking a bowl of tea, looking as if to say, "You can't see me, you can't see me, I'm just passing by."

"Lianlian, Miss Ella?" Xiaobai looked at the two girls in the courtyard in surprise, then walked over to them. "What are you doing here?"

"Xiao Bai!" Before Luo Lian could speak, Ella came running to Xiao Bai's side with a bright and cheerful expression. She grabbed Xiao Bai's hand and smiled happily as if she had touched a treasure. "Congratulations on winning first place in the Autumn Event!"

"Ah, Miss Ella, you already knew."

“Yeah, it’s the newbie naval base, now the whole man-made city knows about it.” Ella held Xiaobai’s hand tightly, showing no intention of letting go. “As expected of Xiaobai, you’re really amazing. I heard you even got your hands on a complete deep-sea ship, which added a hundred million merit points!”

"Haha...that was just a coincidence." Xiaobai shook his head.

As the Will of the Deep Sea stated, while the Taihou's ship equipment is physically complete, its compatibility is compromised. Because it was a hastily developed Abyssal vessel, drained by the Will of the Deep Sea, and subjected to a beating, its body is more inclined to be in a dilapidated state with many hidden ailments. Although it still has scientific research value, it is far inferior to healthy Abyssal amphibious vessels like the Yamato and Musashi.

However, even if its research value is low, it's still higher than the 50 million merit points that Xiaobai got.

So Xiaobai will not pay back the money, absolutely not.

"There are no coincidences in this world, only inevitabilities." Ella smiled and shook her head, completely disagreeing with Xiaobai's self-deprecating words. "Speaking of which, Xiaobai, have you tested Mia's performance?"

"Huh? Ella, do you know Mia is with me?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

"Of course!" Ella chuckled, then patted her chest lightly. "Of course I know, because Mia was created by my family's elders."

"Was it developed by your elders?" Xiaobai's eyes widened.

"Well, my family has been researching this stuff ever since the ship girl construction device was built," Ella chuckled. "Anyway, after all these centuries, we still managed to develop it. So, how's Mia's performance?"

“…Very impressive.” Xiaobai nodded, then added with a somewhat complicated expression, “Extremely impressive.”

"That's good." Ella nodded, her face full of a satisfied smile. "Mia is a friend of the ship girls, so you must treat her well, Xiaobai."

"...Did your ancestors start researching anthropomorphic equipment during the period when the lineage broke off?"

“Yes.” Ella nodded.

"..." Xiaobai looked at Ella's face thoughtfully, "No wonder Muyu said that Mia is a partner who will accompany the ship girls for a lifetime."

"what?"

"Thank you." Xiaobai looked at Ella's face. "Thank you."

"...I'm just a junior, I didn't do anything, don't thank me." Ella looked at Xiaobai's sudden sincere thanks, and for some reason, in addition to being moved, she felt her face turn red and quickly became shy.

"Xiao Bai!" Just then, Luo Lian, who felt that Xiao Bai and Ella had an opportunity to take advantage, quickly stood between the two. She subtly pulled Xiao Bai and Ella's hands apart and then directly blocked Ella's way. "Congratulations on winning first place."

"Lianlian, you came in second, right?" Xiaobai smiled at Luo Lian.

"You guessed it." Luo Lian nodded.

"As expected of Lianlian, she got such a high ranking on her first time participating in the event." Xiaobai exclaimed, glancing at Yanzhan, who was holding a bowl of tea not far behind Luo Lian.

The ship girls in the naval base seemed to be quite familiar with Warspite, as they were chatting idly with her.

To be honest, considering that Warspite was the only ship girl at level 1, I think it's a bit unbelievable that Luo Lian got second place in the event.

"It's nothing to get a high ranking." Luo Lian didn't seem to feel much about getting second place. She nodded as if it were a matter of course. Thinking about what she was going to say next, she couldn't help but purse her lips. "After all, in many people's eyes, I am an appendage of your garrison."

"Huh? A vassal state?"

"Yes, I actually organized my own team when I participated in the event, and I participated in team activities for a while. During that time, I named my team 'Newbies'," Luo Lian said.

"Ah..." Xiaobai nodded.

Luo Lian didn't feel there was anything wrong with naming his team "Newbies." Newbies wasn't a term exclusive to his own garrison, and Luo Lian was a hundred times more suitable for the name than himself.

"Later, when I was climbing the ranks, I got to second place, and then some of my past was dug up by people who knew me. Plus, I live right next to your naval base, so now many people think I'm a vassal of your naval base," Luo Lian said.

"That won't do! Lianlian is my friend, not my vassal." Xiaobai immediately became unhappy upon hearing this news. "I'll go clarify right away..."

"No need, this is fine." Luo Lian shook her head and refused Xiao Bai.

She smiled as she looked at Xiaobai's concerned face, feeling waves of pleasure rising from her feet to her head.

Yes, the current situation is entirely under Luo Lian's control; in fact, it could even be said that, from a certain perspective, it was all arranged by Luo Lian.

Xiao Bai is the new admiral of the newbie naval base. Luo Lian doesn't even need to think to know why he's here to participate in the event. Xiao Bai is here to prove himself and to tell the world that the newbie naval base has reopened.

Having considered this, Luo Lian did not immediately go to Xiao Bai. Firstly, she was in no position to be of any help, and going to Xiao Bai would only cause him trouble. Secondly, since she had decided to help Xiao Bai, she should do everything within her power to clear Xiao Bai's name.

—Luo Lian even said that, just like all pretentious tricks, a successful pretentious trick must first suppress and then elevate.

To clear Xiao Bai's name, after obtaining her first pot of gold, Luo Lian boldly and confidently contacted Xiao Bai, making it appear to outsiders that she was constantly connected to Xiao Bai's garrison. After resting for a while to draw Xiao Bai's comics, Luo Lian, having planned everything, approached Mu Yu and began her operation.

She used what could be described as dirty methods to gain a large amount of merit points, and made these merit points increase daily in full view of everyone, eventually attracting public attention, and on the last day, she surpassed the newbie garrison.

This is the depressing part of Luo Lian's plan. To make the whole world believe in the brand-new rookie naval base, she must first make the whole world doubt her. To do this, Luo Lian must make a certain naval base's score surpass that of the rookie naval base.

Finally, there's Yang. In his plan, he, who has been in constant contact with the newbie naval base, should make his appearance on the last day, forcefully taking half of the highest-ranked naval base's points and dedicating them to Xiaobai. Because he has already hinted at his relationship with the newbie naval base to the outside world many times before, his appearance might surprise many people, but after the surprise, it will bring a new round of affirmation for the newbie naval base.

—Ah, so the person threatening the newbie naval base is a lackey of the newbie naval base. So the intense score war these past two days was actually a game played by the newbie naval base's own people.

Luo Lian wanted everyone to think this way, even to believe this way, because only in this way could the reputation of the newbie garrison be established.

As for how others refer to his or her name?

A vassal of the newbie naval base, a lackey of the newbie naval base?

I'm sorry, but this name is absolutely amazing.

Luo Lian still had her own selfish motives. In a sense, although a small part of everything Luo Lian did during this period was indeed to help Xiao Bai clear her name and make her famous, the majority of it was actually for the sake of that name.

Why did I, Luo Ritian, become an admiral? Luo Lian has never ignored the reason why she became an admiral.

Of course, staying by Xiao Bai's side forever, whether as a friend, a vassal, or even a lackey, would be much better for Luo Lian than a life of loneliness.

However, there was a slight hiccup in the plan. Little White, being the novice she is, somehow managed to acquire 100 million merit points at the last minute, directly overwhelming the Isu Naval Base and making Luo Lian's later appearance rather lackluster. But considering the effect seemed better than Luo Lian's plan, it didn't matter much. She could keep her own 5 million merit points to train Warspite.

Xiaobai is someone who always brings surprises, isn't she?

As Luo Lian thought this, she became even happier looking at Xiao Bai's face.

—Although Xiaobai was kept in the dark about all of the above, Luo Lian didn't want Xiaobai to know that she was such a scheming girl.

"I think I'll go out and clarify things," Xiaobai said to Luo Lian, frowning.

"Really, you don't need to, woof woof."

"...Why are you suddenly barking like a dog?"

"It's fun."

Chapter 571 Lord Su of the Garrison

Finally, at Luo Lian's strong suggestion, Xiao Bai had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​going out to clarify.

Luo Lian didn't seem angry at being treated as a subordinate, which made Xiao Bai sigh.

"By the way, Lianlian and Miss Ella, do you know each other?" Xiaobai asked the two girls in front of him.

It seems that Xiaobai only has two human friends who are also admirals in the artificial city, one on the beach and the other in the yard, and the two of them have not yet interacted.

"I just met her today, her name is Luo Lian, right? She's ranked second." Ella said to Xiaobai with a smile.

"I just met him today too," Luo Lian said with a smile, blatantly lying.

Luo Lian had met Ella when he was buying his wedding ring. Although it was only a brief encounter, Luo Lian had already deeply engraved Ella's image in his heart.

"Have you talked about this before?" Xiaobai asked.

“We’ve talked about it,” Luo Lian and Ella said in unison.

What did you talk about?

"..." Ella and Luo Lian fell silent in unison.

Xiao Bai stared blankly at the two of them, thought for a while, and then shook her head, realizing that it wasn't a good idea to pry into other people's conversations. "Never mind, by the way, are Lianlian and Miss Ella planning to have dinner at my place tonight?"

"Okay!!" Ella and Luo Lian said in unison again.

Seeing how excited Ella and Luo Lian were, Xiao Bai felt proud that he had such a skilled cook as Akagi in his garrison.

—Look, as expected of Akagi's cooking. Just look how excited Lianlian and Miss Ella are to hear they can eat her food.

Luo Lian and Ella stayed at the naval base, while Akagi and Lexington, like taking care of a child, pulled Mia out of the base's courtyard and ran to the street to buy groceries. Saratoga, who subtly felt that her sister's position was in jeopardy, quickly followed, insisting on helping her sister carry the groceries and bags. Lexington was deeply moved and said several times that Saratoga had finally become sensible.

The evening banquet began as night fell. Under everyone's watchful eyes, Akagi, as always, put on a spectacular culinary performance in the courtyard, surrounded by layers of ship girls.

Warspite was dragged to a corner of the yard by a bunch of ship girls, and finally, at the urging of a few ship girls, she ran to the middle of the yard with the chasers who had already let loose and showed off her singing voice.

"Hwa Q! Hwa Q! Hwa Q!" A group of ship girls, seeing Warspite singing along with the pursuers with a look of utter despair, all cheered for them in unison.

At that moment, the courtyard gate was pushed open, and Washington, laughing wildly, jumped in carrying the unconscious Baltimore. He shouted that Baltimore was amazing today, that the girl would definitely amount to something, and that the admiral had indeed found a good wife.

Just then, Baltimore, who was being carried on Washington's shoulder, suddenly vomited a rainbow of seven colors.

A large group of ship girls rushed up with hot towels and surrounded Washington and Baltimore in layers.

Xiao Bai sat next to Luo Lian and Ella. In front of her, one after another, the destroyers, including Fubuki, came to greet her. After the event, it meant that the burden of the mission was gone from their shoulders. The little faces of the relieved destroyers were all rosy.

The banquet ended in a lively and bustling atmosphere.

Ella and Luo Lian tugged at each other, bidding farewell to Xiao Bai in a very loving atmosphere, and left Xiao Bai's courtyard.

The next morning, at the crack of dawn, Xiaobai went to the Admiral's Guild to say goodbye to Governor Ringo, who had always taken care of her, and then returned to her courtyard. Ella and Luo Lian seemed to know that Xiaobai was leaving, and they waited for Xiaobai at the gate of her courtyard.

With tears in her eyes, Ella bid farewell to Little White. After saying several times that she must come to Colorado Island to visit sometime, she reluctantly let go of Little White's hand that she had been holding.

Luo Lian was much more straightforward than Ella. She simply told Xiao Bai the location of her naval base, then told Xiao Bai that she would be working on the first chapter and would try her best to grow to the point where she could see the back of a newbie's naval base. Then she pulled Ella away from Xiao Bai's courtyard.