Elder brother's garrison

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Elder brother's garrison

Author: Senjougahara Nakane

Introduction:

"Little White Sister, do you see this naval base? Max-level ship girls, millions of resources, a warehouse full of B25s, and countless beautiful ladies!"

"I saw it."

"Now they are all yours."

Xiao Bai knelt down on the ground with a thud.

Female protagonist novels, Kantai Collection novels

Chapter 1 The Girl's Outing

"Little sister, have you ever heard of ship girls?" The man kneeling in front of Xiaobai was bathed in sunlight, looking at Xiaobai with hopeful eyes.

The midday sun spilled across the ground like dye, gilding the floor with a faint golden hue.

The man's eyes were as clear as a newborn baby's, sparkling with an irresistible light.

No soft-hearted girl could resist that kind of gaze.

"No, get lost." However, Xiaobai didn't seem to have any feelings about that. She just replied coldly and turned to leave.

"Ahhhhhh, no!!!" After hearing Xiaobai's words, the man disregarded his image and leaped up like a fish, grabbing Xiaobai's leg tightly. "Little Xiaobai, you're our last hope! Waaaaaah, without you, we really don't know what would have happened! Please, please listen to me for a second! Waaaaaahh ...

The man pleaded without any dignity, and in the end, he even started sobbing like a girl.

Ah...it seems like all hope is lost.

Xiao Bai silently looked down at the man who was hugging her leg.

The man was handsome, with a fair and youthful appearance, not at all like someone approaching thirty.

Xiao Bai sighed helplessly to himself.

To explain why there's a man like this in front of my house now, we have to go back quite a while.

—This man was a friend of my deceased brother.

Like his brother, he is a "hero" in this world.

They are admirals.

The so-called admiral is actually someone who protects the world from the ravages of the deep sea.

In a world where the ocean covers the vast majority of the surface, there exists a terrifying creature that dwells like a demon in the deep waters, an enemy of humankind and indeed all land-dwelling life.

It was a creature born from the ocean, possessing the appearance of a human female and the massive steel armor of a ship.

Humans have a more academic name for this kind of creature: deep-sea amphibious vessel.

Compared to human-made war machines, the Abyssal Fleet is not large in size. They are generally divided into two main parts: ship equipment and humans. The human part is not much different from ordinary humans, and even looks like a frail young girl. The main destructive power comes from the other part, the Abyssal Ship Equipment.

Deep-sea creatures typically possess immense destructive power and a destructive urge, far exceeding their actual size, and are impossible for humans to communicate with. Deep-sea creatures are devoid of humanity; unlike tigers and wolves, they don't idly stay at home, venturing out only to hunt for food. Instead, their food comes from the ocean's nearly inexhaustible fuel resources and rare minerals. Logically, with no food worries, they shouldn't leave the ocean. However, ever since contact with humans, they seem to have found an interesting toy, wantonly destroying human homes and slaughtering humans, as if showing off their power, without ever ceasing.

In the beginning, humanity was indeed being slaughtered unilaterally, and long ago, it even faced the brink of extinction.

Then, on the verge of extinction, humanity, in a desperate gamble, chose to create a type of soldier capable of fighting against the deep sea. They extracted data from the captured weak deep sea creatures and, after a long period of research, finally cultivated a kind of intelligent life that was the opposite of the deep sea creatures, possessing the same powerful strength but with rationality.

That's a ship girl, a kind of life that can only be summoned from the body of a ship, an object closest to the ocean.

It is the only life form in the world that resembles a god or a fairy, possesses magical powers, yet is loyal to and obeys humans, and can face the deep sea directly.

However, seemingly due to the deep sea, ship girls are mostly too simple to be taught overly complex academic knowledge. Thus, a human position that can lead ship girls was born: the admiral.

And so, with the combined efforts of the admiral and the ship girls, humanity gradually survived from the brink of extinction and slowly brought the deep sea back to the dark ocean floor.

Several hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.

In times of great peace, although the deep sea may occasionally invade the land, it will still be taught a lesson by the admirals stationed on the coast.

These admirals are heroes who protect humanity.

Xiaobai's older brother was one of these admirals, but he died of liver cancer two years ago at the beach.

Sadness always passes. Xiaobai changed her college application from a naval high school to a regular high school and has now successfully entered a regular high school, becoming a high school student.

But recently, this friend, whom his brother met at the naval academy, came knocking on his door, repeatedly begging Xiaobai to inherit his brother's naval base.

According to him, his brother seems to have left behind a very troublesome "mess".

But for Xiaobai alone, she no longer wanted to think about her brother.

She was an only child, with both parents still alive. When she was three years old, her parents adopted an older brother who was ten years her senior. So, for Xiaobai, although this brother was not related to her by blood, he was someone who had been with her since she could remember, a true family member. The death of a family member left Xiaobai with a deep psychological shadow regarding the position of admiral.

Yes, being an admiral is inherently a very dangerous profession. Not only do they have to endure the ravages of the deep sea, but they are also prone to inexplicable hair loss and liver and kidney diseases. That's how my brother passed away.

Although two years have passed, she no longer cries uncontrollably whenever her brother is mentioned, but the shadow in her heart has become a demon that Xiaobai doesn't want to relive.

That's why Xiaobai repeatedly refused the man who came to beg her.

However, Xiaobai wasn't too heartless. A man hugged her leg and cried like a child, making Xiaobai hesitant to kick him away immediately.

Seemingly sensing Xiaobai's wavering, the man wisely released her hand, sat upright on the floor in the entryway, and cautiously stared at Xiaobai with his teary eyes, asking, "Excuse me... could I meet Lu Yun's (Xiaobai's brother) parents?"

...What a smooth talker.

Xiaobai was in a dilemma.

She looked at the young man in front of her, whose medals were gleaming in the sunlight.

……it's beautiful.

Xiao Bai silently pointed to the living room.

Having received instructions, the man quickly composed himself, tidied his clothes which had been disheveled, thanked Xiaobai with a smile, and then swiftly walked into the living room with his briefcase.

Xiao Bai leaned against the wall in the entryway, stunned for a moment, unable to speak.

In the end, they still let him in.

This was the fourth time this man had come this week. The first two times, Xiaobai verbally refused him, and the third time she pushed him out the door. But the fourth time, he forced his way in by grabbing her leg.

Forget it, I might as well ask my parents; they wouldn't agree anyway.

Xiaobai's rejection of this man was partly at the behest of her parents.

With that thought in mind, Xiaobai walked towards the living room.

"I'm coming in." Xiaobai walked into the living room.

What came into her view was the extremely serious expression on her father's face as he sat upright in front of the sofa, the kind that looked like he was about to devour someone.

The mother's body was trembling, and she leaned against the sofa, constantly wiping her eyes with a handkerchief.

It seems the situation is worse than I thought... I guess they'll have to let him out soon.

"Xiaobai, could you go out for a moment?"

Upon closer inspection, it looks like... wait a minute... ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

As if to confirm whether he had heard correctly, Xiaobai stared wide-eyed at his father.

"Dad, I..."

"get out."

Eh eh eh eh eh? ? ? ? ?

"Xiaobai, listen to your father, go out for a bit." Mom looked at her with red eyes and said in a tearful voice.

Xiao Bai looked at the man she had let in, still half asleep.

Then, in a daze, I left the living room.

Xiao Bai's father glanced at Xiao Bai, his face darkening as he walked to the living room doorway and whispered to Xiao Bai, "Don't eavesdrop."

Then, with a bang, the living room sliding door was slammed shut.

Little White slowly backed away and pressed itself against the wall.

The walls are so cold.

Xiaobai felt that she might have just made a wrong decision that would affect her entire life.

Coach, do you have a save/load feature? I want to reload...

After waiting for a few minutes, the living room door was opened.

He is my brother's friend.

"Little White Sister, please come in," the man said with a smile.

Xiao Bai glanced at him, and for some reason, a strong sense of unease welled up in her heart.

She lowered her head, and though it was her own home, she walked into the living room like a thief.

In the living room, her father sat on the sofa, silently smoking. Two tear tracks appeared on her mother's face.

"Little White, come here." When the mother saw Little White, she quickly waved her hand and gestured for Little White to come over with a sob in her voice.

Little White walked up to its mother. The mother looked at Little White with her red, tear-filled eyes, while constantly stroking Little White's hair.

Again and again, like petting a kitten's fur.

"Mom... what's wrong?"

"Little Bai, remember to take care of yourself while you're at the beach. Eat fish whenever you want, but eat plenty of vegetables. People from the coast shouldn't eat too much meat. Also, after you become an admiral, you need to exercise more." As she spoke, her mother started to cry, gently pulling Little Bai into her arms. "And, and, Mommy will miss you so much. Write back often, and, and, and..."

Wait a minute, what's with this "I'm going out to become an admiral" vibe? My brother looked like this when he went out, didn't he?!

"I...I didn't say I was leaving..." Xiaobai looked at her mother, who was crying her eyes out in front of her, and was momentarily confused. "I don't want to be an admiral..."

"Xiaobai," the father interjected, putting down his cigarette and speaking softly to Xiaobai, "Your father and mother have agreed to let you become the admiral. The naval base your brother built will naturally be inherited by you."

Damn it.

In an instant, Xiaobai's worldview seemed to collapse.

"But, but I don't want to go..." Xiaobai looked at her brother's friend, "What, what did you say to my mom and dad..."

"..." The man smiled gently, and after a long while, he raised his index finger, "Secret, secret."

"You can leave tomorrow." The father stubbed out his cigarette and said to Xiaobai, "He brought your one-time high school to university admission certificate. Now you're a graduate of the Naval University. There's nothing to pack. Oh, by the way, your rank is higher than your brother's now, and you earn more than your father. You don't need pocket money anymore. Just pick out a clean set of clothes and you can leave tomorrow."

Xiao Bai collapsed to the ground.

...She suddenly felt as if she wasn't their biological child.

Chapter 2 The Strongest Name

"What's wrong? Are you still angry?"

As the train chugged along, the older brother's friend turned to ask the little white dog beside him.

That voice, which seemed to have anticipated everything, stirred a strange anger within Xiaobai.

"...I just don't understand why you want me to inherit my brother's naval base. Don't you have any solutions for naval bases left behind by retired admirals?" Xiaobai, dressed in a custom-made women's naval uniform, rested her chin on one hand and looked out the window.

She is currently on a train bound for the naval base.

Xiao Bai's eyes are still filled with a bewildered look, as if he has been sold.

This is actually the first time Xiaobai has ever been so far from home.

"When an admiral retires, the naval base should be disbanded. Let me explain the disbandment procedure to you. It involves asking the ship girls if they'd like to join another naval base. If they're willing, they can be directly reassigned; if not, their ship equipment is dismantled. Don't worry, it's painless and harmless. Then they become normal human women, receive identification, and retire as ordinary humans with a substantial bonus... Yes, according to procedure, your brother's naval base should have been disbanded." At this point, the brother's friend couldn't help but reveal a very subtle, pained expression.

His facial features were distorted and squeezed together, making him look particularly comical in the window.

This level of facial expression caught Xiaobai's attention. She turned her head back.

"What's the matter?"

"Your brother is the kind of person who, how should I put it? He's very hardworking, and he's also incredibly lucky. In our industry, we call him a 'lucky king.' And his naval base is quite strong."

"How strong is it?"

"...Probably, as strong as the world's number one?"

Why use a question?

"Wait, wait, wait, you're going to let me, a newbie, inherit the world's number one naval base??!!!" Xiaobai looked at him with an expression that said, "You guys think I'm kidding you."