Elder brother's garrison

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"Hey hey hey hey..."

"Oscar, Oscar, how have you been staying at my house these past few days? Has Ginger Fish Cake been bullying you?"

Hood was being affectionate with Oscar, stroking him all over.

Oscar remained indifferent despite being brutally beaten by Hood.

Long before Xiaobai went to the second chapter and took Bismarck and Tirpitz with him, Bismarck, in order to prevent conflicts between Oscar and the several Abyssal Fleet members at home who seemed not very good at taking care of cats, entrusted Oscar to her old neighbor Hood's house before leaving.

Hood is a single woman who already owns two cats, so taking care of Oscar shouldn't be a problem for her.

Later, although Hood made it clear that he didn't want to help Bismarck, a cat is still a living being, so he reluctantly accepted Oscar and raised him for a while.

Just a few days ago, Bismarck finally completed his mission and returned from the second chapter. Hood, who wanted to return Oscar, took the opportunity to visit the neighbor next door under the pretext of checking on Little White and discovered the depressed Bismarck.

After finding out the reason, Hood, while jokingly criticizing Bismarck, also reiterated that cat owners full of negative energy are damaging to kittens' mental health. In order to protect Oscar, Hood brought Oscar back to his home.

Five days passed just like that.

Hood was enjoying a happy lunch break, holding Oscar in her arms.

"Like owner, like cat. Even Oscar has a blank expression on his face." Hood hugged Oscar, her somewhat infatuated expression slightly toned down when talking about the cat's owner. "Hmph, if only that German ship-man looked like a cat, I wouldn't be so annoyed every time I see him."

"She's clearly a girl, but she's always so straightforward and doesn't have any femininity at all."

"..."

"When will you finally become a little softer and cuter...?"

"..."

"I'm really worried that if Xiaobai lives with her for too long, she won't grow into a perfect lady..."

"..."

"Oscar, Oscar, your owner doesn't want you anymore."

"..." Oscar's expression was indifferent, as if a white-haired ship girl was responding with an "oh".

"Why don't you stay at my place? Everything here is better than there. Even the chew toys and scratching cages for cats are brand new!" Hood picked up Oscar and suggested to him.

Oscar turned his head to the side with remarkable insight.

"Hehe, it's a deal then, mwah!" Hood stretched out her finger, straightened Oscar's face, and pouting her rosy lips, slowly brought her nose close to Oscar's. "...Mmm..."

"boom!!!"

Just as Hood's lips were about to touch Oscar's nose.

With a loud bang, the wall behind Hood was instantly shattered, sending bricks and dirt flying everywhere.

"Mom!"

Hood screamed, and the enormous impact, catching her completely off guard, sent her and the cat flying into the air.

Oscar nimbly darted out of Hood's arms, stepped on several bricks flying through the air, and jumped to the safe corridor.

Rumble.

One by one, the mud bricks fell to the ground, and the once neatly cleaned living room, filled with cartoon and girly style, was instantly turned into a mess by the inexplicable impact.

On the other side of the wall.

Bismarck, now recovered, stood there with a smoking gun turret behind him, intently examining the large hole he had blasted through the corridor into the living room of Hood's house.

"Hmm," Bismarck said with a satisfied tone.

A gurgling sound came from under the sofa that had fallen to the floor in Hood's living room.

"Bismarck ya ya ya ya ya!!!"

The flamboyant Hood pushed aside the sofa blocking her head, gritted her teeth, and glared angrily at Bismarck from the dusty living room.

"You German dead cat!!!"

"What are you doing now?!"

"My home!!! My walls that I finally finished decorating!!!"

With two bristling ginger fish cakes perched on his shoulders, Hood scurried from the living room to the hallway, stood in front of Bismarck, grabbed Bismarck by the collar, and began shaking him wildly back and forth.

"My afternoon tea!! My refined life!! It's not easy for me to finally get a rest for an afternoon!! Why do you German barbarians always have to come and sabotage things at times like this! What kind of crazy operation is this, shooting through a wall!! Bastard, who fires a cannon in their own home! Are all Germans this outrageous! You bastard, I know you really don't like me, don't you! Come on, draw your sword, live-fire exercise, who's afraid of who! I'll fight you to the death today!!!"

Bismarck was being rocked back and forth by Hood, his head bobbing back and forth like a ball, but his expression remained as calm as that of the black cat Oscar.

"I'm sorry." Bismarck's voice remained steady despite Hood's shaking.

"Feel sorry?"

Upon hearing Bismarck's voice, Hood, who had been extremely agitated, instantly calmed down. She grabbed Bismarck's collar, frowned, and stared at him, seemingly very puzzled that Bismarck had apologized to her.

“Yes.” Bismarck nodded.

"...Hmm?" Hood squinted, staring intently at Bismarck, trying to confirm if it was really her. "What...do you want?"

"There are too many people in my family, and there's no more room for us."

"...What does it have to do with me that your family has too many people and can't fit them all..." Hood snorted, about to say something, but suddenly paused, "Wait, what do you mean by 'your family has too many people and can't fit them all'?"

"Can I borrow a room?"

"Is this your excuse for breaking into my house?! Why should I lend you my room?!"

"Here you go." Bismarck, still in the position where Hood had grabbed him, expressionlessly handed over two thick stacks of banknotes.

"You...don't you have any emotional intelligence?!" Hood gritted his teeth and glared at Bismarck, slapping the banknotes out of Bismarck's hand. "Where in the world would someone break down a wall and then go borrow a room from someone else's house?! Hurry up and rebuild the wall!"

"I beg you."

"No one would agree to your request if you used that monotone, dull tone!"

“There is no one else I can rely on but you.” Bismarck looked at Hood quietly and earnestly, and said without any emotion.

"————Ho ho!" Hood released Bismarck, trembling as if he had been hit hard, clutched his chest and knelt on the ground.

It seems that Bismarck's words were unexpectedly devastating to Hood.

"Hood?" Bismarck looked at Hood, who had inexplicably knelt on the floor, somewhat puzzled.

"...Wait, were you serious when you said you could only rely on me...?" Hood raised his hand and asked Bismarck.

"Ah."

"...You didn't lie?"

"No."

"..." Hood, blushing, looked up helplessly, glanced at Bismarck's expressionless face, and finally sighed helplessly, "Fine. I have conditions. You can smash the wall if you want, and we can even combine our houses, but Little White has to live here with me."

"can."

"Hmph, you're smart enough to know what's good for you. Clean up the house!" Hood stood up, dusted off his clothes, glanced at Bismarck with some resentment, and then ran off with a swig of a bow.

Bismarck watched as Hood picked up Oscar and ran into his room.

A moment later, a suppressed, smug scream of delight burst from Hood's room.

Bismarck retracted her ship rigging, blinked, and then turned to look at the other side of her house's corridor.

— Bismarck indeed had nowhere else to borrow a room except for Hood's house.

Because Bismarck's house was the last room in the corridor, and on the other side of her house... was the outside of the building.

There are no rooms available.

Chapter 916 Little White Levels Up Again

After returning home and relaying to Bismarck that he had returned to the naval base, Shiro did not linger.

Because there were people waiting for him in Lexington, Xiaobai quickly told the two Deep Sea Deans, Deep Sea Bismarck and Deep Sea Tirpitz, to stay home and then headed towards the office building.

Back in front of the familiar office door, as soon as Xiaobai opened it, Saratoga, who had been waiting behind the door, transformed into a golden husky and pounced on him, rubbing against him vigorously.

"Little White!" Saratoga hugged Little White with emotion, and cuddled with it affectionately.

Although it had only been a few days since they last met, for Saratoga, those few days felt like an eternity of separation, a separation that felt like a matter of life and death.

Without missing Xiaobai, how could I possibly endure my sister's punishment in the dark room?

Woo woo woo.

"Saratoga? Ah, yes, I'm back."

Xiaobai was quite surprised. In the past, when he and Saratoga returned to the naval base, Saratoga would disappear for a week or two before reappearing. This time, he was able to see Saratoga as soon as he returned, which was quite novel.

Is it that Lexington can no longer operate, or that Saratoga can't withstand the pressure?

Xiao Bai was curious, but he still patted Saratoga on the back as he walked into the office.

Everyone in the office happened to be there.

Missouri was hunched over her desk, filling out attendance forms for Lexington, who was sitting behind it. On the office sofa, Enterprise was holding Kaga, grinning and happily patting his head. The irritated Kaga, under Enterprise's control, dared not utter a sound of anger.

—They have such a good relationship.

Xiao Bai smiled with a hint of envy.

"Lexington, I'm back," Xiaobai greeted Lexington behind the desk.

"Wow, that was fast."

"Because there's not much going on at home. We can talk about everything else tonight after we've put our luggage away." Xiaobai said, walking to the desk and glancing at the mountain of documents. "Lexington, are there any other documents that need processing?"

"Yes, there are." Lexington gave a somewhat apologetic smile. "Because the naval base has become quite active recently, attracting a lot of attention, the number of documents has increased considerably..."

Xiao Bai looked at the mountain of documents piled up on his desk and felt a little helpless.

After signing their attendance documents in Missouri and with Enterprise Kaga, the three ship girls left Shiro's office together.

After Lexington dismissed Saratoga onto the sofa, Xiaobai took his seat and, after a long absence, began working on his documents.

As Lexington said, after the newbie naval base once again won by overwhelming advantage during the autumn deep-sea event, it seems that the news that the newbie naval base has finally awakened after years of silence is spreading across the sea at a very fast speed.

Just like when Xiaobai became an internet celebrity, along with the terrifying popularity, the number of commission documents sent to the newbie naval base and greetings from all directions increased several times over, to the point that even an expert like Lexington could not process them quickly, resulting in a mountain of documents.

"Xiaobai, don't deal with these documents yet. Go check on the ship girls first. You can handle them tomorrow," Lexington suggested with some concern as she saw Xiaobai sit down at her desk.

"It's okay, just do a little bit first." Xiaobai picked up a pen and started writing on the document. After writing the first sentence, Xiaobai seemed to remember something and turned to Lexington, asking, "Isn't Constellation in the office?"

"The constellation, that kid had two practice sessions with Bismarck and Rodney a few days before returning to the naval base. It seems he gained a better understanding of his own abilities, so he's been training hard in Washington these past few days."

"Wow...that's really impressive..."

"Yes... I also advised her not to work so hard, and besides, in the naval base..."

Lexington, having been prompted by Xiaobai, couldn't help but want to say a few more words. However, before she could finish her sentence, she saw Xiaobai, who had been listening to her with a smile, put the documents in her hand into the completed folder on the other side.

Lexington was taken aback.

"...Hmm? What's going on at the naval base?" Xiaobai, who was already writing the second document, looked at Lexington without saying anything, somewhat puzzled.

"...The sisters in the naval base are strong enough...Little White, can I have that document you just wrote?" Lexington asked.

"Oh, sure." Xiaobai kept writing and handed the document he had just finished writing to Lexington with his other hand.

Lexington glanced down at the documents.

The document was filled out completely and neatly, like a work of art, making people feel comfortable from the bottom of their hearts.

—Has Xiaobai's processing speed gotten even faster?

Lexington knew that Xiaobai was fast at processing documents, but she didn't know that Xiaobai could be this fast.

Normally, this document would take Lexington at least ten minutes to process, and even Xiaobai would take five minutes. But now it's great, it's finished in the time it takes to chat for a couple of sentences, and it seems that Xiaobai was multitasking while chatting with himself, without deliberately speeding up the process.

Lexington touched the documents in her hands, feeling somewhat embarrassed and blushing. She put the documents down and glanced at Xiaobai again.

In the short time it took to look down and then up, Xiaobai had indeed finished writing the second page.

Lexington had mixed feelings.

I feel like I'm really falling behind Xiaobai...

Has something happened to her recently?

"Lexington?" On the other side, Xiaobai, puzzled by Lexington's sudden silence, looked at her without saying a word for a long time and couldn't help but remind her, "What's wrong?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Lexington gave Little White a wry smile.