Elder brother's garrison

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Beneath Saratoga's skin lies a fiery, suicidal desire. Far from being an ice queen, she's the type with incredibly strong emotional expressions. Things like kneeling and begging for mercy, jumping three feet high, trembling like a leaf when scared, and headbutting the floor—exaggerated behaviors that most people would never do in their entire lives—are all very normal and commonplace for Saratoga.

So when he saw Saratoga kneel down with a thud, Xiaobai wasn't too worried. He was just a little curious about Saratoga's inner thoughts.

From Xiaobai's perspective, Saratoga's first successful ship girl creation attempt, a direct and reliable addition to his team, should have been a happy occasion. But why did Saratoga turn out this way?

Xiaobai looked at Saratoga curiously, then squatted down and tentatively grasped Saratoga's arms: "Saratoga?"

Saratoga looked at Little White with a dazed expression.

"Saratoga, what's wrong?"

“I…” Saratoga looked at the constellations behind the little white figure with some fear.

The constellation stood still, quietly watching Saratoga.

Compared to Saratoga, who clearly looked like she was meant to be the younger sister, Constellation did have a more mature and composed air about her. As she looked at Saratoga, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but curl up slightly.

Saratoga didn't know why, but when she saw the constellation's smile, she felt a chill run down her spine, as if she were facing Lexington's smile.

"You're Saratoga?" Without waiting for Xiaobai to introduce her, Constellation strode over to Saratoga, extended her hand, and smiled gently. "Thank you so much for pressing the button on the construction device."

"..." Saratoga looked at Constellation's gentle expression, and the fear in her heart slowly began to subside. She secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that she might have been overthinking things.

Saratoga reached out her hand and was pulled up from the ground by the constellation.

“I am Constellation,” Constellation said to Saratoga, “the second ship of the Lexington-class.”

For some reason, when the zodiac signs were describing themselves, the tone seemed to be slightly more emphasized when referring to the second ship.

Saratoga looked up and cautiously glanced at the constellation's eyes.

The constellation was smiling at him, its eyes burning with fiery red flames.

"Eek!" Saratoga was startled and instinctively tried to pull her hand away from the constellation's grasp.

However, as expected of Saratoga's older sister, although she appeared in the world much later than Saratoga, her aura still firmly pressed down on Saratoga's little head.

Constellation clenched her fist tightly, gripping Saratoga's small hand firmly. She took several steps forward and pressed her face close to Saratoga's.

"Is this my sister?" Constellation looked at Saratoga with rather aggressive eyes, then gave her a rather kind expression. "Saratoga, what ship number are you?"

Saratoga was covered in cold sweat. She looked at the constellation in front of her with a tearful expression, then glanced at her little white dog beside her and gave it a pitiful look.

Constellation was Saratoga's sister ship and the second ship of the Lexington-class. However, Constellation was never actually built in history, so the position of the second ship of the Lexington-class fell to Saratoga.

Yes, the name Saratoga, the second ship of the Lexington-class, wasn't something Saratoga just gave herself for fun; it was something Saratoga actually possessed.

Saratoga is the second ship of the Lexington-class aircraft carriers.

Ship girls are the embodiment of historical ships. The smoke of history is the source of their power and the meaning of their existence. Perhaps it was because Saratoga replaced the second ship of Lexington that the possibility of constellations becoming ship girls was completely eliminated.

That's why Saratoga never dared to look directly at the constellations, looking like a child who had done something wrong.

Strictly speaking, this isn't Saratoga's fault; she was just caught in the crossfire. After all, the idea of ​​constellations becoming ship girls was something that neither the decision-makers in history, nor even Saratoga and Lexington, the two people involved, ever imagined.

When Saratoga was asked by the actual second ship which ship she was, she didn't know how to answer for a moment.

“I am the third…” Saratoga, under the watchful eyes of the constellations, tried to deceive them.

"Saratoga is also the second ship." However, just as the word "Saratoga" was halfway through being uttered, Xiaobai, who was standing prettily to the side, smiled and began to introduce the constellation.

"Oh?" Constellation looked at Saratoga with a half-smile, and slowly pulled Saratoga towards herself. "I see..."

Saratoga was so frightened that her face turned pale.

"Speaking of which, there's a Lexington in the naval base. Lexington is Constellation's older sister, right?" Xiaobai asked Constellation.

The constellation that was pulling Saratoga paused for a moment, then looked at Shiro with some surprise: "Well, after all, I am a Lexington-class ship girl, so Lexington is of course my older sister."

"Lexington will be very happy to see you," Xiaobai said to the constellation.

"Is that so? I'm happy too." Constellation smiled at Little White, then shifted her gaze to Saratoga. "Are you happy, Saratoga?"

"Happy...happy..."

Constellation released Saratoga's hand, then asked Shiro, "Admiral, are Lexington and Saratoga close?"

"...In a sense, we're all indispensable to each other." Xiaobai smiled awkwardly.

The only person in the world who can handle Saratoga is Lexington. Without Lexington in the naval base, Saratoga would probably tear the roof off within three days. Lexington is even simpler to deal with; I've seen more than once how adorable Lexington would be without Saratoga's presence. Although Lexington considers it a dark history, the root cause is probably still inseparable from Saratoga.

—Well, the conclusion is that these two sisters actually have a pretty good relationship.

"Does Lexington discipline Saratoga when she misbehaves?"

“Sometimes, I guess.” Little White nodded. “But Lexington dotes on Saratoga and would never actually hit her.”

"Oh..." Constellation smiled and nodded at Xiaobai.

Then, Zodiac reached out and hugged Saratoga, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled confidently at her: "Saratoga~"

Saratoga was stiff all over.

"How about we have an exciting and thrilling exercise together?"

Saratoga stared at the constellation in shock.

“If I lose, you can be the second ship of the Lexington-class, how about that?” Constellation said to Saratoga.

"Huh? An exercise?" Xiaobai looked at the constellations and Saratoga.

"Hmm. It's rare to have a younger sister, how can we not act out a little to strengthen our relationship?" Constellation said to Xiaobai.

Little White looked at Saratoga's face.

Saratoga's face was a little pale, but nestled in Constellation's arms, she did not explicitly show any sign of rejection.

Saratoga truly lives up to her reputation as a typical fearsome older sister type ship girl. Even if it weren't for Lexington, Saratoga would still be incredibly docile in the arms of the constellation.

"But Constellation, no matter what, is Saratoga's older sister. If you lose, wouldn't you just be the third ship?"

"Huh? I didn't say that."

"You just said that if you lose, Saratoga will become the second ship."

"Yes, I'll be ship number 1.5."

Xiao Bai almost burst out laughing at the sight of the constellations.

"We're in an artificial city now, and the exercise needs a venue," Xiaobai said to the constellation. "And we also need to go through a very complicated procedure with the local guild leader..."

As Xiaobai finished speaking, he turned around and looked at President Er Gou behind him.

At this moment, President Er Gou was sitting cross-legged on the ground, slurping up a slice of watermelon with relish.

"Hmm?" Er Gou's cheeks puffed out like a hamster's. She swallowed the fruit in her mouth and nodded to Xiao Bai. "Don't worry, I've got it covered."

After saying that, President Er Gou gave Xiao Bai a thumbs up, grinned at her with two rows of snow-white teeth, and said, "Such a rare opportunity to watch the excitement... ah no, such a touching reunion of sisters, how could I not support you? Don't worry, I'll get the formalities done for you in a few minutes."

Xiao Bai looked helplessly at President Er Gou.

If President Er Gou has any merits, it's his extreme efficiency in getting things done.

As expected, President Er Gou did not disappoint Xiao Bai. After quickly finishing the watermelon in his hand, Helena handed over a laptop. President Er Gou stretched out his hands, which were covered in fruit juice, and typed away on the laptop. The application was then completed.

The group left the Admiral's Guild without stopping and headed straight for a coastal area.

A dozen minutes later, on a secluded stretch of the sea, Saratoga and Constellation stood facing each other across the vast expanse of water.

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"Admiral, sit here." On the beach, Missouri took out a large floor-standing parasol, chairs, and a table from her ship equipment, arranged them, and then greeted Xiaobai.

"Thank you." Xiaobai was seated in the chair, then looked at Missouri with some curiosity. "Missouri, have these things always been in your ship equipment?"

“Yes.” Missouri nodded.

"...It's always been there?"

"It's great that it can come in handy." Missouri smiled at Xiaobai, then took out a small box from the ship's equipment space. Missouri opened the box, and with a burst of light, Xiaobai found that the box contained a bottle of juice that she usually liked to drink and a lot of ice cubes.

Missouri took the juice out of the box, poured it into a cup that had appeared out of nowhere, and handed it to Xiaobai: "Admiral, please have some."

"...Missouri, how much stuff do you have in your ship's storage space?"

"Not many."

"...These alone are quite a lot."

“There’s always room if we squeeze it in,” Missouri said with a smile, walking back to Bismarck’s side, who was standing not far away.

Little White held the icy-cold cup and took a small sip from the rim.

"Wow, that ship girl is amazing." Er Gou, the guild leader, said to Xiao Bai while sitting on the beach next to him.

"...President, don't you work?"

"Hahahaha!" President Er Gou let out a wild, arrogant laugh. "Work?"

"Ah."

"Of course, I leave all the work to my subordinates!"

Here comes another heartless, wooden-like statement!

Xiao Bai stared in astonishment at President Er Gou, who seemed to feel no remorse whatsoever, and was speechless.

"What's wrong? Wow, it's 8102 already! Little Bai, are you still handling your work by yourself?"

"..." Xiaobai pouted and took a few more sips from the cup. "President, who did you push all the work onto?"

"It's the blue-haired guy who was just next to me."

"Are you a waitress?"

"Ah."

"She used to be your secretary?"

"Almost, I'll introduce you sometime. Her (censored) is quite (censored), especially (censored) (censored) (censored)"

As the conversation progressed, Xiaobai saw that President Ergou was standing with his mouth open, making a series of incomprehensible beeping sounds.

In the end, it was Yixian who interrupted President Ergou.

Yi Xian slowly walked over from a distance, reached out and grabbed Er Gou's ear, gently twisting it.

"Ahhhhhh, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!!" President Er Gou didn't expect that just after getting rid of Helena, another Yi Xian would appear. When Yi Xian twisted President Er Gou's ear, she immediately cried out in pain.

"My admiral is still young, so please don't corrupt her, President." Yi Xian smiled and released her grip on President Er Gou's ear, saying to her.

"Ah... okay, okay, I won't say anymore..." Guild Master Er Gou pitifully covered his ears, "Seriously, all of you light cruisers are the same..."

"Hmm?" Yi Xian looked at President Er Gou curiously.

"Hehehe." President Er Gou didn't answer Yi Xian's question, but instead stuck out his tongue at her and looked at the sea.

Xiao Bai and Yi Xian, who came to the rescue, exchanged a glance, smiled at each other, and then looked up at the sea.

This sea area was chosen by Guild Leader Er Gou as a rather remote location. It is located on the other side of the city, opposite to the four nodes. There are basically no deep-sea ships here, so it is used as a leisure beach. Moreover, most of the people in this city are merchants and admirals. They either don't have time or they are already tired of beaches. So even though it is a leisure beach, not many people come here. Therefore, it is a remote and quiet place.

The sea was calm and the water was a deep blue. Saratoga and the constellation stared at each other from afar, one timid and the other calm, forming a stark contrast.

"Saratoga seems to be afraid of constellations?" Xiaobai muttered to himself, looking at Saratoga's completely different behavior.

"After all, they are both second ships," said President Er Gou.

"Just because of that?"

"The inner world of ship girls is much more delicate than it appears on the outside," said President Er Gou.

"...Does that zodiac sign dislike Saratoga?" Xiaobai asked.

"I'm not an astrology enthusiast, how would I know?" President Er Gou shrugged. "That's their family matter, I'm just a bystander."

“…Oh.” Xiaobai thought for a moment, seemingly lost in thought.

"But this exercise should be over soon, right?" said President Er Gou.

"Ah? Why?"

“Saratoga is a veteran ship girl with ten years of combat experience. Even if she is the younger sister, no matter how much she gives in, she shouldn’t be able to lose to a rookie ship girl who has just stepped out of the construction device.” President Er Gou paused here, “It might be over in the first wave of air attacks.”

"Oh……"

"Don't tell me you're only just realizing this now." President Er Gou looked at Xiao Bai with an adorably clueless expression.

"Because the constellation doesn't feel like a new ship girl to me at all," Xiaobai laughed.