Elder brother's garrison

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It's absolutely terrifying.

It is better to teach people to fish than to teach people.

Since I've already missed my chance, and Wisconsin is currently suffering at her hands, isn't this a great opportunity to learn from the pros' methods?

Even if I only learn a tiny fraction of her ship salvage technique now, will I still have to worry about not having enough ship girls in the future?

This is a huge opportunity!

Once the admirals at the banquet realized what was going on, they immediately stopped complaining. They hurriedly pulled out their notebooks and began to observe Xiaobai's every move intently, recording his every word and action, afraid of missing anything they might have overlooked.

"Xiaobai? What's going on over there?" Ai, whose eyes were covered, stretched out her hand and asked Xiaobai behind her.

"No, it's nothing." Xiaobai looked at the admirals around him who were staring at him and taking notes, and awkwardly let go of his hands that were covering Ella's eyes.

In front of Xiaobai and Ella, Missouri had just been pushed off her body by an angry Wisconsin.

"Kill you, kill you, kill you..." Wisconsin glared furiously at Missouri, her pretty face flushed with shame and anger. She was truly enraged by Missouri.

“The exercise is fine, but it’s evening now. Shouldn’t we schedule another day? What time should we choose for our exercise?” Missouri said to Wisconsin with a smile.

“Right now,” Wisconsin said in a low voice, grinding his teeth.

"It's nighttime now, isn't it?"

“They’re all the same,” Wisconsin muttered.

Missouri was not surprised by Wisconsin's answer. She nodded with a smile and extended her hand to Wisconsin.

Wisconsin snorted and slapped Missouri's hand away. She glanced at Little White behind her with a hint of grievance, then turned around and stomped away in her high heels, leaving the fortress hall.

After Wisconsin's figure completely disappeared from the banquet hall, Missouri turned around with some apology and gave Xiaobai an embarrassed smile.

"Admiral..."

"Okay, I'll go too." Xiaobai nodded.

After leaving Wisconsin, Xiaobai and Ella also walked out of the hall with Missouri.

As the people involved left the fortress, the once bustling hall instantly became quiet and deserted.

The main characters have left the stage.

The remaining admirals looked at each other, then lowered their heads to look at the notes they had taken.

"Wisconsin and the newbie naval base have left." A commander suddenly spoke up.

"Uh, what do we do then?"

"What else can we do but keep talking?"

"Banquets... these things happen often, you'll get used to it."

"You've been an admiral for so long, haven't you gotten used to this kind of sudden change yet?"

"Oh...that makes sense. By the way, can I borrow someone's notes to copy something?"

"I, I, I—"

After a period of quiet, the atmosphere in the hall gradually became lively again.

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Outside the fortress, Wisconsin, who had left earlier, had disappeared into the night without a trace. Before the three of them could even look for Wisconsin, they saw Miss Yuge at the door, giving them a helpless, wry smile.

At the banquet just now, in order to give the admirals enough space to communicate, Miss Yuge left with Mu Yu after Wisconsin stepped down.

At this moment, on the steps outside the fortress, Miss Yuge seemed to be waiting for Xiaobai. Several ship girls stood beside her, holding flashlights to light up the road. The ship girls looked tired, and their whole bodies exuded a sense of exhaustion from long hours of overtime.

—Speaking of which, it seems like the staff at the fortress haven't had a break in quite a while.

Seeing this, Xiaobai couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.

"As for the exercise area, the only other option around here is the sea on the other side of the city wall. She's already gone to Wisconsin. Let me open the door and lead the way for you."

Miss Yuge said to Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai scratched his head sheepishly and walked up to Yu Ge.

"Ah... I'm sorry, Sister Yuge, I've caused you trouble."

"It's alright. Since Wisconsin seems to like you a lot... this level of help is just a small favor."

Miss Yuge smiled at Xiaobai.

"Speaking of which... wasn't there a fierce battle going on at the beach yesterday?"

“Well, the waters over there are usually quite dangerous, but as you heard this morning, the sea has been completely cleared. It will take the deep-sea ships there at least two days to reorganize a decent force. As for using it as a training ground… well, it’ll be barely acceptable.” Miss Yuge said, turning to look at the city wall. “Come with me.”

Led by Miss Yuge, Xiaobai and her two companions arrived at the back gate of the city wall, the same place Wisconsin had previously taken Xiaobai to. Miss Yuge opened the gate, introducing the city within the wall to Xiaobai as she led them inside.

The path Miss Yuge led Xiaobai was different from the one Wisconsin had taken. She didn't go upstairs, but instead led Xiaobai through the back door to the other side of the wall.

After walking for a while, Yuge led everyone to a door. She pushed the door open, and suddenly the sound of crashing waves arose. The familiar strong sea breeze, carrying a strong smell of gunpowder, whistled fiercely into the doorway.

Xiao Bai walked out of the doorway and saw that the beach, which had been piled with the wreckage of various deep-sea ships just a week ago and looked quite desolate, had now been cleaned up by the fortress staff.

Under the moonlight, the vast stretches of beach shimmered like golden dust, while in the distance, the boundless sea surged and rolled under the moonlight, its waves displaying a clear, deep blue hue.

It seems that, just as Yu Ge said, the deep-sea amphibious ships have been completely wiped out in a short period of time.

Not far from the beach, Wisconsin, who had been nowhere to be seen before, now stood in the sea breeze, staring intently at Missouri beside Little White.

“Ah… for the exercise, we recommend live ammunition. After all, although the sea has been cleared, there is still a chance that some scattered deep-sea amphibious ships will appear. With live ammunition, we will have some room to fight back,” Yuge said from the side. “But don’t worry too much. If any accidents happen, the ship girls around me will come to the rescue immediately.”

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Xiaobai bowed to Yuge and the ship girls beside her.

Although Xiaobai's deep-sea will is more than ten thousand times more reliable than that of ordinary ship girls in ensuring their safety, Xiaobai still couldn't help but bow and thank them when she saw how pitiful they looked, almost exhausted from working overtime.

"Admiral, Admiral." Just then, Missouri, who had been silent the whole way, suddenly poked Xiaobai in the back and called out to him.

What happened in Missouri?

"Admiral, may I speak to you in private?" Missouri asked, clasping his hands together in a pleading manner towards Xiaobai.

"...Oh, that's possible..."

Xiao Bai glanced at Yu Ge and Ella who had followed, then nodded to Missouri.

Missouri pulled Little White a little further away before whispering a question to him.

"Admiral, can I ask Missouri for a favor?"

"Okay, what's up?"

"Admiral, could you raise that kid from Wisconsin's training level to the maximum?" Missouri asked Shiro.

“…Huh?” Xiaobai was taken aback.

As a ship girl who always stayed by Xiaobai's side, Missouri knew that Xiaobai had the ship equipment level of a ship girl that could be upgraded with one click. Xiaobai was not surprised, but she was quite curious as to why Missouri would suddenly ask her to upgrade Wisconsin's level during the exercise.

“That girl from Wisconsin seems to have some talent in combat. Her physical reactions are far beyond her ship equipment training level, so Missouri thinks that even if Wisconsin accepts your forced growth now, it won't harm her future development.” Missouri asked Xiaobai, “Does the Admiral trust Missouri?”

"Ah... um, I believe you." Xiaobai nodded with some concern. "But why did Missouri ask me to increase her skill level when we practice together? Won't that reduce your chances of winning?"

Missouri smiled happily as she saw how worried Xiaobai was about her.

"Admiral, will you blame Missouri for causing you this trouble?"

"...It's not too much trouble..." Xiaobai shook her head.

Ship girls... most of them have very distinct personalities. Missouri is already one of the ship girls who makes things very easy for newbies, so this little bit of trouble is nothing.

Missouri nodded, then turned to look at Wisconsin, who was standing on the beach with a fierce expression, waiting for her. She then bent down and spoke to Little White.

"That kid is a lot like Missouri back then. Although he is indeed confident, serious, and full of a sense of justice, he is ultimately just like Missouri back then, a little too arrogant."

"...Oh ho..."

“Missouri deliberately provoked her so that she would willingly suffer a few losses at her hands. After all, it’s better for Missouri to teach her a lesson now than for her to fall into the hands of the enemy later. Missouri is her sister, and even if she wins, she won’t do anything to her,” Missouri said to Xiaobai. “It’s better than her suffering losses at the hands of the enemy and losing her life later.”

"Ah... I see." Little White suddenly realized. "Okay, I promise you!"

"Thank you, Admiral."

"Hey hey hey~"

Xiao Bai looked at Missouri's face and smiled happily.

"Admiral...?"

“Missouri really is the older sister. I knew it. No older sister would really hate her younger sister.” Little White grinned at Missouri.

Missouri, on the other hand, thinks what she just did was pretty excessive.

"No, it's not excessive at all."

"..." Missouri suddenly looked at Xiaobai with a hint of resentment, "Admiral, Missouri kissed someone else right in front of you."

"……"noob.

Seeing Xiaobai's embarrassed expression, Missouri, who had been looking aggrieved, quickly smiled gently again. She gently took Xiaobai's hand and said to her with a smile, "Missouri was just joking. Missouri's friendship with Wisconsin is only from a family perspective. Please don't take it to heart, Admiral."

"……Oh."

"Furthermore, Admiral, please don't worry. Even if you max out Wisconsin's training level, it won't matter." Missouri smiled at Xiaobai. "Admiral, the difference between Missouri and Wisconsin isn't something that can be caught up with just by increasing training level."

"Ah... what's missing?"

"Haven't you heard that saying, Admiral?"

"Which one?"

“The bride is often the strongest.” Missouri gave Little White a confident smile.

Let me give you a brief explanation... There are only three minutes left until the end of today.

People have come to visit.

I only had time to touch the computer and type until 50 minutes ago.

I was originally planning to skip today.

But since I said I would update the leave slip if I didn't send it, I have to keep my word.

So today's word count is a bit low... I apologize, this is already my fastest, most, and most efficient speed ever...

Chapter 956 A 50/50 Battle

Wisconsin stood on the beach, looking annoyed, staring at the little white guy in the distance who was chatting animatedly with Missouri, his face flushed.

Although the beach at night reduced the visibility to a minimum, and the sea breeze was howling all around, making it impossible to hear the conversation, Wisconsin could still see clearly in the distance thanks to her shipgirl-level eyesight. Under Missouri's easy teasing, a shy smile appeared on her pretty face.

If Wisconsin were to slightly activate her ship's equipment, she could use her much more sensitive hearing to eavesdrop on Missouri and Little White's conversation. However, Wisconsin still had some sense of justice and would not stoop to using such a sneaky or lock-picking method.

——Tsk.

Even without listening, you can tell they're just flirting.

Wisconsin turned her head and hummed softly in the sea breeze.

Now, on the eve of their exercise, this Missouri is right under my nose, so casually chatting and being affectionate with my admiral.

She's her ship girl too!

Who are they trying to intimidate?

So what if it's a wedding ship!

The wedding ship can do whatever it wants!

unacceptable!

At least take me with you!

Wisconsin felt a tightness in her chest and grew angrier the more she thought about it. In order not to affect her mood for the exercise later, she had to control herself and not look at Missouri. She turned around forcefully and stomped her foot hard on the edge of the wave.

The water splashed out from underfoot with a loud "plop" and scattered in all directions.

I'm so angry!

Just then, a faint sound of footsteps echoed in the sea breeze.

Wisconsin turned around and saw Missouri and Little White rushing towards him.

"The ship girl exercises are dangerous. As the admiral, you shouldn't get too close," Wisconsin complained to Xiaobai with some displeasure.

Xiaobai scratched her head a little embarrassedly, took a few steps from Missouri, came to Wisconsin and stretched out her hand.