Elder brother's garrison

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"..." Veneto clenched his fist, a nameless anger rising in his heart for some reason.

Then she even laughed in exasperation.

"Roman!" Veneto gritted his teeth, calling out his sister's name, then raised his little fist and delivered two more blows to Roman's head.

"Clang! Clang!" Two more clanging sounds rang out.

"Ouch!" Roma, clutching his head which now had two more large bumps, crouched back on the surface of the sea. "Sister, you!"

“You abandoned the battlefield, disobeyed orders, and touched my body without my permission. Rome, even if you are my sister, I cannot let you live today.” Veneto’s face was as cold as ice, staring at Rome, who was squatting on the ground, with murderous intent.

"Sister! I was so worried about you! This is all out of love!"

"Aren't you worried about those two things on your chest?"

"Huh?!" Roma crossed her arms. "Why do you always care about these things, sister?!"

"I do not mind!"

"It's clearly..."

"kindness?"

"Oh, it's nothing..." Rome squatted on the sea, arms crossed, looking aggrieved, and made circles on the surface.

Veneto sat on the ship's rigging, wearing a serious expression that said, "If you say another word, I'll kill you."

"Thump!" Cleveland had just taken down the last Abyssal ship. After confirming that all enemies had no more Abyssal reactions, Cleveland bent over, panting, and leaned on his leg as he looked toward Veneto.

Rome's move has sparked outrage, but it's Cleveland that's suffering.

The deep-sea enemies that were originally meant for two people were now all on Cleveland's shoulders. If it weren't for the recent equipment upgrade and the fact that the damage had already been dealt with, Cleveland would at least still be carrying the same injuries he had before.

The intense, fast-paced battle lasted less than two minutes, but for Cleveland, it felt like an eternity of pain. That moment almost drained all of Cleveland's strength, leaving her exhausted as soon as the battle ended.

Oh my god.

worn out.

Seeing that the deep-sea fleet had finally been dealt with, the onlookers finally got to the stage.

The Fubuki sisters quickly arrived at Cleveland's side. Shirayuki helped Cleveland up, who was about to collapse, while the other three hurriedly cleaned up the battlefield.

Led by Glory, the rescued ship girls slowly walked up to Veneto and Roma, bowing to them one by one and sincerely thanking them: "Thank you very much for your rescue. We will remember your great kindness."

While Veneto was engrossed in repairing Rome, she merely nodded slightly upon seeing the six ship girls.

These six ship girls are one of the best ship girl squads in the first chapter of the sea. To put it grandly, Veneto saved them simply to prevent these excellent ship girls from dying prematurely and to help the novice admiral grow. To put it less grandly, it was also to satisfy his own desire to save others and be a hero.

If other ship girls were passing by, they would also lend a helping hand if they had enough strength, so these people don't owe Veneto anything.

“It’s not a great favor, just a small one,” Veneto said. “We can keep the spoils.”

"Do as you please." The ship girls had no objections.

Originally, these enemies were all sunk by Veneto's squad. It was already a miracle that the six of them survived. They wouldn't be so greedy as to share the spoils with Veneto.

Veneto nodded.

At that moment, Fubuki and the others quickly finished looting the spoils. Fubuki, holding fifteen or sixteen pieces of deep-sea metal in her small hands, ran back to Veneto.

The three younger sisters each supported the already limp Cleveland from behind.

The sixty deep-sea amphibious ships dropped fifteen or sixteen pieces of deep-sea metal, which was considered rather unlucky, but it was still more than what a normal six-person team like Glorious would get in a day.

Veneto reached into Fubuki's hand and took four pieces of deep-sea metal, then threw them at Glory.

Glory accepted it instinctively.

"Um...benefactor, you..."

"Your way of addressing me sounds so strange. Just call me Veneto." Veneto shook his head at Glory. "This is your share."

"Our share? Hmm... Lord Veneto, we haven't done anything to deserve these things," Glorious quickly shook his head in refusal.

Four pieces of deep-sea metal are actually quite good. Considering that they have only been fighting for less than thirty minutes since they encountered the enemy, this is already a terrifying gain.

“I did it. Weren’t you the bait?” Veneto said calmly.

Veneto reached out and stopped Glorious from saying what he was about to say.

"Keep it. How are you going to explain our existence to your admiral if you don't take something back with you?"

Glory was stunned.

That makes sense. In order to help Shirayuki conceal the situation of Veneto's team, Koei Tecmo told Shirayuki at the time that they were fighting alongside a team of ship girls they had encountered by chance.

If you're fighting side-by-side, then naturally you should share some of the spoils.

Glorious lowered his head with a guilty expression: "Then thank you, Lord Veneto."

“Hmm.” Veneto nodded. “No pretense, you’re pretty good.”

After Veneto finished speaking, he turned to look at Rome and a weary-looking Cleveland.

Rome's unauthorized departure from the battle, regardless of its reasons, warrants severe punishment.

Yes, punish them severely.

Rome felt incredibly wronged looking at her sister's eyes, which were clearly tolerant and generous towards others but looked down on her sister as if she wanted to devour her whole.

"Today's training volume will be increased tenfold."

Then, amidst the horrified gazes of Rome, Veneto calmly stated these words.

Chapter 277 Setbacks

"I'm going to die! I'm really going to die this time!" Roma knelt on the water, looking in horror at her sister sitting on the ship's rigging in front of her.

The reason Roma improved their training level so quickly is simply because Veneto's customized training volume for Roma was always just right, precisely at the point where Roma was about to collapse, not a bit more or less.

Veneto disdained taking shortcuts, believing that such fighting methods could not truly make ship girls stronger.

Therefore, only through training, and extensive and arduous training, can ship girls truly become stronger.

They would squeeze every last drop of Rome's potential, squeezing it dry and then squeezing it again, until the true limit was reached. Only then would Veneto consider Rome's physical and mental well-being and let go.

—So even a tiny increase in this training volume would be fatal for Rome. Let alone ten times that amount.

"Overcome the training with courage and perseverance."

"My courage and willpower have long been exhausted! Every day of training has almost burned my blood out! What else can support me to continue training!"

“What are you saying, Rome? You still have life on your hands.” Veneto smiled.

"That means you'll definitely die!"

“Since she’s my sister, she should at least know some resurrection skills, right?” Veneto said.

"Please, sister, stop using this meme!" Roma stood up with a sorrowful expression. "I'm a ship girl, not a phoenix!"

“Then you should figure out a way to solve the trouble you’ve caused Cleveland.” Veneto glanced away.

Rome looked pitifully at Cleveland, who was being supported by Bai Xue, with tears in her eyes.

"Cleveland, I'm sorry!" Rome rushed to Cleveland's side, grabbed her hand, and begged for forgiveness.

“It’s alright,” Cleveland smiled. “Veneto is your sister, it’s normal for you to react that way. I would have reacted the same way if Nia had been in the same situation.”

"Lord Cleveland!" Rome looked at Cleveland with emotion.

“No need to call me sir,” Cleveland said with a smile.

Rome, having received Cleveland's forgiveness, turned to Veneto.

“However, what is wrong is still wrong.” Veneto looked at Roma. “Running away from the battlefield is an irresponsible act towards your teammates. I will let it go since Cleveland was not injured and she forgave you, but this is not to be repeated.”

Rome bowed its head and admitted its mistake.

Veneto nodded and retrieved the ship's equipment.

The massive mechanical turret gradually disappeared on the sea surface, and Veneto landed on the sea.

She turned to look at the group of ship girls, including Glorious: "So what are you going to do next?"

Glorious and her team had just suffered a defeat, and the sea was still strange, with deep-sea ships clustered together. Veneto did not recommend that they continue to explore the sea.

The group of Glory looked at each other and saw a hint of desolation in each other's eyes.

“We’ll go back to the beach,” Glory said to Veneto.

"Ah That's good."

"So, are you going to continue conquering the seas?" Glory asked.

Veneto smiled, but did not answer.

Veneto and the others will definitely continue on their way.

It's unclear whether the formation of the deep-sea amphibious ships into a fleet is a coincidence or a special phenomenon. If this batch is not a coincidence but a phenomenon, then even for the sake of maintaining world peace, Veneto would still want to go and see it.

Moreover, if Veneto were to take the initiative and reduce the number of deep-sea fleets, the remaining enemies would be a good testing opportunity for Rome and Cleveland.

Glory and the others bowed to Veneto again and slowly left the sea.

“Lord Veneto.” Glory, standing behind the group, turned around and looked at Veneto.

"What's up?"

Glory's expression was somewhat conflicted.

She hesitated for a moment before finally deciding to ask Veneto, "That ability you had just used to deflect the enemy's attack... was it a miracle?"

"Yes." Veneto did not hide this fact.

Glorious looked intently at Veneto, then followed her sisters without turning back, leaving the area.

The figures of the ship girls gradually disappeared into the darkness.

They were on the edge of the fourth node, and if they wanted to leave, they could do so quickly by running at full speed.

“Let’s rest here for a bit,” Veneto said to Cleveland.

"Yes, I'm sorry to have troubled you all," Cleveland said apologetically.

"It's alright, it's Rome that's dragging us down."

"Woooooooo..."

Cleveland smiled and sat down on the sea.

Cleveland's ship equipment wasn't badly damaged, but she was indeed exhausted. The intense battle had left her mentally weakened after the initial excitement.

However, this is not all bad.

This kind of instantaneous, high-pressure training is similar to the Spartan training method that Veneto used on Roma, and it also improved Cleveland's training level quite quickly.

Cleveland could feel that the less than two-minute battle had improved him more than the entire day yesterday.

As the surrounding deep-sea debris gradually sank to the bottom of the sea, the ship girls sat directly on the water, forming a circle.

There are only a handful of ship girls in the entire First Sea Area who dare to strike such a relaxed pose here.

"I wonder if those ship girls will be able to pull themselves together after this battle," Miyuki said slowly after everyone sat down.

"Cheer up?" Chu Xue asked, somewhat puzzled.

“Hmm.” Miyuki nodded. “When those older women left just now, there was no fighting spirit in their eyes.”

"Oh..." Chu Xue didn't know much about this kind of thing, and just narrowed her eyes slightly.

"What fighting spirit!" Veneto glanced at Miyuki with admiration.

“Ship girls are ultimately meant to fight. If this setback leaves them with a psychological shadow, no matter how high their training level is, they will never become true warriors,” Veneto said, looking at Roma.

Rome sat cross-legged next to Cleveland, fussing over her.

Ship girls are warriors, fighters, and people who dare to challenge others and fight bravely. There is no battle in the world that is 100% guaranteed to be won. If a ship girl, as a warrior, chickens out and loses her fearless and persistent spirit, then most of the challenges will be out of her reach, and she will never be able to truly become stronger.

Veneto was actually quite satisfied with Rome.

Although Rome gave Veneto the impression of being a bit dim-witted, when it came to a spirit of courage and challenge, even Veneto sometimes couldn't match her.

No matter how brutal the training was, she could persevere while complaining about how tough it was. She always envied Veneto's equipment, but she didn't show any disdain when using her own white gear. When she made a mistake, she would playfully correct it while doing so.

This sense of mental clarity is an essential quality for becoming a powerful warrior.

—If she continues to grow, perhaps one day Rome could really reach the heights of Veneto.