Elder brother's garrison

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“Miss Lu Lin, please reconsider. Admiral Nia and I are alumni, and I know she is not worthy of your abilities. And, if I may be so bold, Admiral Nia…”

"Shut up!" Cleveland slammed his hand on the table, making the plates on it rattle several times.

The loud noise drew everyone's attention to the area.

Insulting a ship girl's admiral in front of her is going too far, whether you're right or wrong.

At that moment, whether it was Shiro, Veneto, or the four Fubuki sisters, their feelings for this man named Ian all dropped to zero and were rapidly increasing towards negative numbers.

“Cleveland, this is the dining area. Do you think it’s appropriate to make such a racket here?” the man named Ian said to Cleveland with a forced smile.

"I won't allow you to talk about Nia."

“Alright, then I won’t say anything,” Ian said with a smile and shook his head. “But Cleveland, you better remember this: don’t do something as rude as your admiral next time.”

After saying this, Ian didn't even glance at Cleveland, but continued speaking to Xiaobai: "Miss Lu Lin, I'm sorry our conversation was interrupted by some boring person. I'll take my leave now. If you and your five destroyer girls are willing to team up with me, I'd be happy to..."

However, he didn't finish his sentence.

The moment he uttered the name of the five destroyers, Veneto, who had been coldly watching him from the side, seemed to be ignited by some strange flame. She transformed into a streak of black light and instantly approached the man's lower body, delivering a powerful Rising Dragon Fist, a direct transmission from the Italian battleship girl CQC Saratoga, to the man's chin.

With a crack.

The man who had been so gentlemanly was suddenly thrown into the air.

It paused for a few seconds.

Finally, he fell to the ground with a thud, unconscious.

The incident happened so fast that no one, including Xiaobai, had time to react, and the entire dining area remained quiet.

"Say it again, who is the destroyer? Huh?" Veneto clenched his fists, looking coldly at the man on the ground.

A delicate, clear voice, brimming with anger, echoed throughout the dining area.

Chapter 208 Verbal Skills

A normal human being could never withstand a battleship's rising dragon punch.

Even if Veneto had held back, that punch would have been enough to knock the man unconscious and dislocate his jaw.

"Hmph." Veneto clapped his hands, as if he had encountered something annoying, snorted coldly, and walked back to his seat.

The dining area was quiet.

It was as quiet as if nothing had happened, if that respectable-looking male admiral wasn't lying on the ground.

It took a long time before someone finally realized what was happening.

"They...they've hit people!" Several admirals shouted, pointing trembling fingers at Xiaobai and his group.

The shout was like a switch flipping a flip, turning the entire hotel upside down.

This man named Ian seemed to have some connections in the hotel. Amidst the commotion around him, several people with their heads down slipped over, lifted him up, and carried him away.

"Do you know what you've done?" Cleveland looked at Veneto anxiously. "You can't fight in the guild!"

Xiao Bai looked around and saw that several of the admirals in the dining area were already on the phone, talking to each other. Even the hostess who had been so respectful to her before was looking at her with a blank expression.

Hmm, it seems like they've gotten themselves into big trouble?

“Oh, I know.” Veneto nodded at Cleveland’s words. “Then let me ask you, you see that… uh, what’s his name again?”

Veneto looked at Little White for help.

"Ian Isaac".

“Oh right.” Veneto then looked at Cleveland. “Did you feel good when I punched Ian Isaac into a pulp?”

"..." Cleveland looked at Veneto, who showed no fear whatsoever about beating people in the guild, let alone the admiral.

Has this ship girl gone mad?

Why isn't she scared at all?

Fighting in the guild, even just a verbal argument, will result in a huge penalty of merit points, plus a week's suspension from providing guild services.

Veneto's punch wasn't just verbal; she, as a ship girl, directly knocked out another admiral.

—The consequences would be so severe that Cleveland dared not even imagine them.

“Don’t be so tense.” Veneto smiled at Cleveland. “I’m just asking you, did you feel good when you saw that guy get punched and sent flying?”

Cleveland stared blankly at Veneto.

Veneto had a strangely reassuring smile on his face.

Seeing that smile, Cleveland felt a sense of relief.

“…Yes.” Cleveland nodded.

"That's good." Veneto nodded.

……

Hmm? Is this all there is to chatting about lymph node tumors (three) and lymph nodes (nine)?

Cleveland was once again stunned by Veneto's unconventional behavior.

"I'm sorry, Admiral, I just couldn't help it." Veneto finally faced Xiaobai and apologized to him.

Although it was an apology, his relaxed and composed face clearly conveyed the message that even if it happened again, he would still beat him to a pulp.

What could Xiaobai do but smile at Veneto?

As a mature member of society, Veneto is absolutely capable of restraint when necessary. Even if someone were to say things to her face, such as calling her a dead destroyer, a white-haired, washboard-like ship, or a shameful Italian heavy-gun shallow-water ship of the Veneto class, Veneto could endure it all.

On the contrary, as a temperamental member of society, Veneto also knows when he doesn't need to hold back.

Such as now.

In fact, Veneto had long disliked this guy. He was a brat with no intelligence or emotional intelligence, who arrogantly approached his own admiral to show off his meager strength and didn't respect anyone else. It was only a matter of time before he was easily beaten up by a destroyer.

Veneto said, "You are the most embarrassing admiral I have ever seen in this generation."

Soon, a crowd gathered around.

The admirals dining here seemed to know each other to some extent, and when they saw Ian being beaten, more than half of them came over with the intention of watching the spectacle.

The other half glared indignantly at Xiaobai, but since Xiaobai was a girl, they couldn't say anything harsh, so they could only condemn her with their eyes.

Just then, Xiaobai noticed that the hostess behind him was also looking at him with a blank expression as she made a phone call, her eyes filled with the look that said, "I can't handle this, I have to find someone to take the blame."

As someone who has seen the admiral's certificate, she naturally knows who Xiaobai is. If Xiaobai were an ordinary admiral, he would probably have been kicked out of the guild long ago and would have lost the right to receive guild services in the first chapter of the sea area forever. But as the saying goes, rules are made by people. When she can't afford to offend this person who has committed a crime, even she is at a loss.

After finishing the call, the hostess cleverly pretended not to have seen anything and turned her head away.

The hostess remained silent for a long time, and the admirals gathered around didn't dare to urge her.

The atmosphere suddenly became extremely heavy.

Xiao Bai found it strange that, for some reason, he didn't feel any shame at being watched.

Surprisingly, he was quite calm.

Surprisingly, Xiaobai didn't feel any sympathy for the man who had been lying on the ground.

Just then, the crowded people split in two, and a dark-haired man stepped out.

With his sword-like eyebrows and bright eyes, he was also the type of a refined gentleman.

However, it doesn't seem as disgusting as the previous one.

The man seemed to be quite prestigious here; as soon as he stepped out, the admirals around him fell silent.

"Hello. My name is Luo Yin." The man introduced himself briefly, then quickly got to the point, "You must be Miss Lu... Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop on your conversation with Ian, it just so happens that I was sitting nearby. To make a long story short, Miss Lu, in the guild, no matter what the reason, instigating ship girls to commit violence is not allowed."

The man named Luo Yin calmly looked at Xiao Bai and said this.

“Hmm…that’s true.” Xiaobai said.

But Veneto had already done it, so he couldn't very well ask her to apologize. He was the admiral of his own ship girl, and even if he knew it was wrong, he had to put on a brave face.

Therefore, Xiaobai had no intention of apologizing at all.

“Miss Lu, the fine for physical altercations can be as high as hundreds of thousands. Are you sure you can afford it?” Luo Yin said, looking directly into Xiao Bai’s eyes.

After Luo Yin announced the number, many people around him gasped, especially Cleveland, who was sitting next to Xiao Bai, whose face turned pale.

If we take hundreds of thousands, let's say two hundred thousand, that's nearly two thousand pieces of deep-sea metal, a quantity that a first-chair admiral could never gather.

"Who are you?" Just as Xiaobai was about to speak, Veneto patted Xiaobai's hand, stepped forward, and looked up at Luo Yin with equal confidence. "A guild administrator?"

"No, I am..."

"What business is it of yours here?" Veneto said indifferently.

Vineto immediately swallowed the rest of Luo Yin's sentence.

Luo Yin's face flushed slightly at Veneto's words.

"Cleveland, do you know him?" Xiaobai pointed at Luo Yin and asked Cleveland.

Judging from how the surrounding admirals all seemed to give Luo Yin face, Cleveland might even know him.

Cleveland was still reeling from the shock of the hundreds of thousands of deaths.

It took Xiaobai several calls for me to react.

“He’s the most capable admiral here,” Cleveland whispered to Little White.

Cleveland looked at Little White with a worried expression.

Luo Yin has six ship girls, including a battleship, all of whom are highly trained and can form a team on their own. There are many rumors that he is strong enough to go to the second chapter, and staying in the first chapter is just to enjoy the feeling of being at the top of the pack.

There are cliques among the admirals, and unfortunately, Luo Yin is in the same clique as Ian.

Despite Ian's scoundrel-like appearance, he is still an admiral with five ship girls, ranking among the top three in the first chapter. People strive for higher positions, so it's not surprising that Luo Yin knows him.

“Oh, you’re the Admiral.” Veneto nodded upon hearing Cleveland’s words. “What business is it of yours?”

Veneto repeated his words.

Upon hearing Veneto's words, the surrounding admirals couldn't help but look at Luo Yin's face.

Luo Yin's face now showed an extremely awkward expression.

In the first chapter of the sea, everyone who saw him gave him some respect. Even someone as arrogant as Ian would have to respectfully address him as Brother Luo.

So you ended up being looked down upon by a destroyer?

"Little sister, you can't say that. I just saw someone I know being beaten up, so I came up to ask a few questions."

"Why didn't you come up when you saw us being harassed by someone you know? Now you're showing off?" Veneto showed no mercy to Luo Yin, sternly reprimanding him as she looked at his face. "If you're the strongest here, why don't you go to Chapter Two? Is Chapter One so carefree and enjoyable? You're so hopeless. You should have just turned around and left instead of having to stand here and scold you in front of others. Do you only feel comfortable then? The ship girls are with you, and the country gives you resources to conquer the oceans and protect the land, not to act like a tyrant here, young man, do you understand? Have you ever seen the scenery of higher-level seas? You haven't even done your own job properly, yet you dare to interfere in other people's business? Have you gotten used to being a leader of children and now you want to show off your power?"

Veneto bombarded Luo Yin with a barrage of lectures.

Sister Wei has spent so many years navigating the complexities of human society; she didn't do it for nothing.

Because one cannot act rashly in human society, this skill of verbal communication has long been honed to an unbreakable level.

Then Luo Yin stood there with his mouth agape, clearly stunned by Veneto's brief rebuke.

—Wait a minute, what this white-haired destroyer said makes a lot of sense.

Luo Yin felt like slapping himself after saying that.

Chapter 209 Mr. Barbatos's Translation Style

Mr. Barbatos was very pleased.

As a man over fifty, he finally reached the peak of his career.

That's right, he managed to get the management rights of the Admiral's Guild, and it was in the safest first chapter sea area.

Chapter 210 The Sea, Ah, the people who come here are all new admirals who have never seen the world, and some lazy admirals who have long lost their dreams. Squeezing money out of these people is a worry-free and even incredibly happy thing.

Although the income is less than that of the higher-level sea areas, one should always be content; as long as there is enough money to spend, that's enough.

Moreover, the admirals in the first sea area are all honest and dare not commit any crimes. As long as you do what you are supposed to do, your career will naturally flourish and your wealth will increase. It's so great!

That afternoon, Mr. Barbatos, savoring the afterglow of his work, stroked the leather seat of his chair as if caressing a lover.

"Oh, my dear Barbatos, you are truly outstanding! You are the wisest man in the world, the most outstanding and hardworking man in the world! Your excellence and beauty are so great that even Aunt Tom saves a portion for you every time she makes apple pie, and your excellence and diligence are so great that even Uncle William the tailor wants to hold your boots and sew a few stitches for you!" Mr. Barbatos boasted, his large belly protruding.

Since there's no one around, I can praise for as long as I want.

Only by constantly affirming yourself can you bring a brand new and positive work attitude to yourself!