Elder brother's garrison

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"Uh... chopsticks will do," Xiaobai replied.

"Hmm." Veneto placed a bowl and chopsticks in front of Xiaobai, gently wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to everyone, "Alright, although the wait was a little long, we can eat now."

"Wow! I can't wait!" Roma happily clasped her hands together and reached for the lid on the plate. "Okay, big sister, I'm digging in!"

"Ah."

In front of everyone, Rome grabbed the lid from his plate.

Huff —

The instant Rome grabbed the lid, rising white steam evaporating from within it.

Subsequently.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion.

Xiao Bai felt a magical light, as if it were bursting out brightly from the plate exposed to his eyes.

Ah!

This...this special effect is...is this the kind of dazzling special effect that the main character in that animated series I watched as a kid, the MasterChef, always had when he used his ultimate move?

Veneto's culinary skills have reached such an unfathomable level?

Xiao Bai looked at the plate in surprise.

then.

Xiao Bai's surprised gaze turned into one of astonishment as the contents of the plate came into view.

Veneto's cooking really does glow.

but.

The food Veneto made emitted a deep, dark purple light.

Just as Rome lifted the lid and revealed the contents of the plate, Xiaobai saw that what was on the plate was neither Panda Mapo Tofu nor a divine dish like the True Sea Bream Continental Map, but a mysterious substance that resembled a small hill and emitted a rich purple light and a dark aura.

Absolutely.

What is this...?

Xiao Bai stared in astonishment at the mysterious substance before him, discovering that it was wriggling slightly on the plate like a living thing. Moreover, no matter from any angle, there was no trace of any raw material. This thing looked like a purple slime pulled out of another dimension, and it didn't seem like something edible at all.

Is this thing... really edible?

Or rather, will this thing really not be fatal if you eat it?

Could it be... could it be that... the reason Camicia and the others ran away was because...

Xiao Bai looked up blankly at the destroyers.

Sure enough, when the destroyers saw the mysterious object on their plates, they all wore expressions of utter disappointment, as if they had known all along.

"..." Xiaobai swallowed hard.

"Admiral?" Veneto's voice rang out beside Xiaobai.

"Huh?" Xiaobai turned her head.

Veneto looked at him with a shy smile, as if she had no idea that what she had made was a miracle of the Creator.

"...How is it?" Veneto asked.

"……"noob.

Chapter 1784 The Tragic Destroyers

“Vi, Vinetto…” Xiaobai stammered.

"Hmm? What's up, Admiral?"

"This dish of yours... how... how exactly is it made..." Xiaobai stared at the wriggling purple slime on the plate, her brows furrowed, her expression conflicted, desperately searching her mind for an adjective that could accurately describe the dish's uniqueness without making Veneto uncomfortable. "This... it looks rather unusual?"

"A rather unusual talent... Is the Admiral asking about the ingredients and preparation of this dish?" Veneto tilted his head slightly, then said knowingly to Xiaobai, "Hmm... I never expected the Admiral to be interested in culinary matters..."

"……"noob.

“This dish is just a regular home-cooked meal,” Veneto said to Xiaobai. “As for the ingredients, it contains sausage, meat, tomatoes, carrots, onions… and of course, the most important thing: pasta.”

"Pasta?" Xiaobai looked at Veneto in shock.

“Yes.” Veneto nodded.

Little White turned its head blankly, its gaze searching incessantly on the purple slime on the plate, trying to find any of the ingredients that Veneto had just mentioned on the slime's deep, smooth, pudding-like body.

The ingredients Veneto just mentioned were very ordinary and normal, so ordinary that just hearing about their combination reminded Xiaobai of the Italian meat sauce pasta she had eaten before, recalling its sweet and sour, appetizing flavor, which made her mouth water.

but.

This purple slime in front of me looks nothing like spaghetti! It's more accurate to say that this thing has transcended the "food" category and reached the level of "curiosity"!

As a seasoned pasta chef.

Xiaobai said he absolutely could not accept that this strange thing was pasta!

“This pasta… looks a bit… unusual…” Xiaobai swallowed, looked away, and started sweating on her forehead as she subtly reminded Veneto.

"Is it unusual in appearance?" Veneto paused slightly after hearing Xiaobai's words. She rested her chin on her hand, looked down, and pondered her dish for a while. "Hmm...maybe the fire was a little too high. The dish's shape isn't quite round, but it should be fine. It probably won't affect the taste."

As Veneto spoke, he first picked up the rice bowl in front of Little White, then took out a snow-white silver fork and gently inserted it into the purple slime's body that was wriggling on the plate.

Phew.

The sound of a sharp knife piercing flesh was vividly conveyed.

The shoulders of the Italian destroyers and Little White couldn't help but tremble.

The purple slime made a gurgling sound, as if it were the wail of a dying creature, and a large amount of purple liquid flowed out from the opening of the Veneto bucket, instantly soaking the entire plate and immersing the purple slime's body in the liquid.

Veneto seemed completely oblivious to the purple slime's dying screams. Without batting an eye, she poked around inside the slime's body with her fork, then pulled out a clump of pasta sauce soaked in a large amount of purple liquid. She then placed the dripping pasta into Little White's bowl, picked out a few slices of sausage, changed to a spoon, ladled several spoonfuls of thick broth, poured it over Little White's dinner, and handed it to Little White.

"Admiral, this is your portion." Veneto smiled and pushed Xiaobai's rice bowl in front of him, giving him a gentle smile. "If it's not enough, you can ask for more."

"..." Xiaobai looked down at his rice bowl.

Inside Xiaobai's rice bowl, a mysterious purple energy was rising, and it seemed as if some otherworldly life form was floating around in mid-air above the rice bowl.

"Gulp." Little White swallowed again, not out of greed, but out of nervousness.

"Admiral? What's wrong?" Veneto asked curiously when he saw that Xiaobai was not making a move.

"Veneto...I...I..." Xiaobai stammered. Although she didn't have direct evidence, she vaguely felt that the bowl of noodles in front of her was probably not something her species could digest. Although she felt a little sorry for Veneto, for her own health, she should honestly tell Veneto about her concerns about the dish. "I think...this bowl of noodles you made might..."

"My turn!" Just then, before Xiaobai could finish speaking to Veneto, Roma, sitting opposite her, eagerly raised her knife and fork and greeted Veneto impatiently, "Big sister, big sister! The Admiral's portion is finished, it's my turn, it's my turn!"

“Rome, you need to be a little more reserved in front of the Admiral.” Veneto looked at Rome and lectured him, but her hands didn’t stop moving. She picked up the plate Rome handed her and filled it with a whole plate of purple magical noodles, then handed it to him as well.

"I've been starving all day too... Thank you, big sister!" Roma took the plate from Veneto with both hands, then raised his fork and shouted to everyone, scooping up a mouthful of noodles and stuffing it into his mouth. "Let's dig in!"

"Ah! Rome!" Little White was startled by Rome's movement and quickly raised her hand to call out to Rome.

However, Xiaobai's actions were a few seconds too late.

Just as Xiaobai called out to Rome, Rome had already stuffed the fork into his mouth and devoured the clump of purple noodles.

"Hmm? What's wrong, Admiral?" Roma refused without changing her expression. She looked up at Xiaobai, still slurping noodles as if she were enjoying a delicious Manchu Han Imperial Feast.

"……"noob.

"Admiral?"

"Uh...is it...delicious?" Xiaobai asked, looking at Rome.

"Mmm...mmm...slurp slurp slurp." Roma slurped her noodles while looking at Xiaobai. After finishing a bite, she chewed it carefully, closed her eyes to think about Xiaobai's question, then opened her eyes, nodded at Xiaobai, and gave her a thumbs up. "Mmm! I think it's delicious!"

"……"noob.

This answer really shocked Xiaobai.

Could it be that... Veneto's food, despite its creepy appearance, actually tastes surprisingly good?

Xiao Bai looked down at the noodles in his dinner, then looked up at Veneto's expectant eyes.

The pressure is so great...

"Then...then I...will give it a try too..." Xiaobai nervously grabbed her chopsticks, her little hands trembling slightly, and picked up a mouthful of noodles from the bowl.

“Camicia, why aren’t you doing anything? Why don’t you try it too?” Veneto turned her gaze away from Little White and looked at the other destroyers sitting at the table with bowls in their hands. She asked them, “Hurry up, it’ll get cold if we wait any longer, and missing out on the best taste will affect our dining experience.”

"Okay! Okay, boss..."

The destroyers all shuddered.

The destroyers gritted their teeth, their faces pale, and tremblingly picked up their dinners, took the noodles from the center of their plates, and silently slurped them down with their heads down.

"Honestly... I have to keep an eye on you even when you're eating. I can't stop worrying about you for a moment." Veneto looked at the destroyers with gentle eyes, her voice calm but full of maternal love. She turned to look at Xiaobai and noticed that Xiaobai was still holding her bowl and chopsticks. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "Admiral?"

"Uh... well... speaking of which... Camicia and the others... lived with you, Veneto, before, right?" Xiaobai asked Veneto.

"um, yes."

"That was the two years before you left the naval base, Veneto, and worked your way up in human society?"

“That’s right.” Veneto nodded deeply and sighed. “Looking back now, it really was a tough two years. Many of the settings in human society were too unfriendly to us.”

"...Um...I have a question."

"what is the problem?"

"During the two years you lived in human society... how were Camicia and the others' dietary needs met?" Xiaobai asked cautiously.

“When I’m busy with work in human society, I usually give Camicia and the others some money so they can order takeout themselves—don’t let their mischievousness fool you, they’re surprisingly sensible when it comes to money and never squander it.” Veneto said, a look of satisfaction on his face. “However, as you know, Admiral, takeout isn’t exactly healthy. Eating it occasionally is fine, but I worry that it might affect their health in the long run. So when I’m less busy at work, I still try to go home and cook for them.”

"Veneto...cooking?"

"Ah."

"Like...this kind?"

"Ah."

"How did Camicia and the others react to your food, Veneto?"

“They don’t react much. But they get really excited whenever I give them money to order takeout,” Veneto replied, pausing for a moment in thought. “Maybe… kids this age just like the novelty of takeout…”

"..." Xiaobai held the rice bowl, his expression profound.

Xiaobai finally understood.

Xiao Bai finally understood why Camicia and the others looked so scared after learning that Veneto was in the kitchen, and why they couldn't wait to escape Veneto's house...

Good guy.

I never imagined that Camicia and the others had been suffering from Veneto's cooking for the two years they were away from the naval base...

Put yourself in their shoes; if you were Camicia or the others, you'd want to run away too...

Chapter 1785 Veneto achieves a pentakill!

After figuring this out, Xiaobai was immediately filled with even greater doubts.

"Veneto, after you returned to the garrison from the Roman Empire, how did you take care of their food needs?" Xiaobai asked Veneto.

“As for Rome, she’ll just follow me around normally. Since training Rome takes up a lot of time, we don’t cook at home most of the time; we eat at the cafeteria—it’s more convenient, and the food and nutrition there are reliable,” Veneto explained.

"Oh...and what about the empire?"

“After the Imperial Bookstore was converted into the Imperial Convenience Store, a lot of snacks were stockpiled there. Imperial would occasionally eat some while she was minding the store, and sometimes she would overindulge and not be able to eat dinner that night.” Veneto sighed with some emotion as he said this, “Like today. Sigh… I’ve talked to Imperial about this many times, it’s a habit that’s hard for her to break.”

Xiao Bai's gaze silently moved to the sofa in the living room.

Empire was the only ship girl present who didn't climb onto the dining table. She was still lying on the sofa, sleeping soundly with her head on Abyssal Taihou's lap, just like before. She showed no signs of hunger or wanting to come to the table to eat.

Xiaobai thinks...

The Empire sometimes skips home-cooked meals... it's probably not just because he overeats at the convenience store... it's most likely related to whether or not Veneto cooks...

"What about Xiaohong and the others?"

"She usually doesn't respond when we call her to eat; she only goes to the kitchen to cook for herself when she's hungry."

"..." Xiaobai was relieved.

It seems that from beginning to end, the only ones who suffered greatly from Veneto's bizarre cuisine were Camicchia and Rome...

Xiao Bai had barely felt relieved when...