Elder brother's garrison

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White hair, purple eyes, and a beautiful face filled with icy coldness.

He had a milk stick in his mouth and was mechanically sucking on it non-stop.

Furthermore, this ship girl's eyes are always filled with a look that suggests she wants to tear herself to pieces.

That's right.

Her eyes were serious.

She really wanted to tear herself to pieces.

The moment Commander Huai Ren's gaze met that of the ship girl, he felt a chill that seemed to penetrate to his very soul. His neck trembled involuntarily, and he quickly lowered his head.

"Commander Huai Ren, what's wrong?" Xiao Bai's timely inquiry came over.

"Uh...no, no...I'm fine..." Commander Huai Ren forced a smile and shook his head, then cautiously looked up at Xiao Bai, "Admiral...if you don't mind, those two ship girls on the sea..."

"Ah, you mean Missouri and Hindenburg?" Xiaobai blinked and smiled sheepishly. "Don't worry about them. They'll quiet down after the battle... Uh, did I disturb you? Sorry, even I, the admiral, can't do anything about this. Hindenburg fights Missouri every three days, and I can't stop her."

"..." Commander Huai Ren.

"But let's get to the point quickly." Xiao Bai smiled at Commander Huai Ren. "Commander Huai Ren, can you tell me how you got your information this time?"

"..." Commander Huai Ren nodded, touched the gauze on his head, and sighed, "Reporting to the Admiral, my information... was bought."

"Yes, you already told us that before. I want to know more details." Xiaobai nodded.

"To be more specific..." Commander Huai Ren scratched his head, looking somewhat embarrassed.

It seems they really don't want to tell Xiaobai.

Coincidentally.

at this time.

Another series of loud explosions echoed across the sea.

After finishing his internal struggle, Commander Huai Ren withdrew his hand and looked at Xiao Bai with a complicated expression.

"I bought this information for 1.5 million."

Chapter 1322 Ding ding dong

Before sitting down on the bench, Commander Huai Ren gave the mercenary ship girls behind him the order to move around freely.

However, because the ship girls were very concerned about the safety of their commander, even though Commander Huai Ren had given the order for free movement, these ship girls still stood behind Commander Huai Ren, carefully watching Commander Huai Ren and Xiao Bai.

Upon hearing Commander Huai Ren say that he had spent a huge sum of 1.5 million to buy the news, a look of astonishment clearly appeared on the faces of these ship girls.

"You all disperse and go about your own business. This is not an instruction, it's an order."

Commander Huai Ren turned around and spoke to the ship girls with a somewhat serious expression.

"Captain, but, but..." the ship girls quickly interjected.

"It's an order." Commander Huai Ren's gaze was serious.

"……OK."

Under Commander Huai Ren's repeated orders, the ship girls finally dispersed reluctantly, ran to the other side of the beach, and stood on tiptoe, gazing at this side from afar.

After the mercenary group's ship girls left, Captain Huai Ren's serious expression finally eased.

Even under Xiaobai's watchful gaze.

Commander Huai Ren, whose body had been tense, relaxed and slumped down like a balloon whose skin had been punctured.

"Your ship girls seem to care about you a lot," Xiaobai said.

"...It's just a normal superior-subordinate relationship." Commander Huai Ren smiled bitterly.

“I’m the admiral, you know. I know very well that ordinary superior-subordinate relationships aren’t like this. They really respect you,” Xiaobai said with a smile to Commander Huai Ren.

"..." Commander Huai Ren lowered his head, said nothing, and just shook his head.

"...Then, Commander Huai Ren, you just said that the information was bought for 1.5 million. What does that 1.5 million refer to..." Xiao Bai thought for a while and then spoke to Commander Huai Ren.

"It's exactly 1.5 million yuan, in real money," Commander Huai Ren said.

"..." Xiao Bai frowned. "I remember that when you, Commander Huai Ren, charged the villagers, it was only 1.8 million..."

"That's how it is." Commander Huai Ren gave a bitter laugh. "Even if I make a profit on this trip, most of the money will just go towards the entrance fee."

"...Isn't that a bit too expensive?"

“In this world, apart from the few designated sea areas, where are there so many small-scale deep-sea disasters? Besides, even if there are, there are far more monks than meat, so news of deep-sea disasters is naturally more valuable than gold.” Captain Huai Ren nodded. “To be honest, Miss Admiral, our mercenary group hasn’t had a single job in almost six or seven months.”

"No wonder you charged the villagers so much this time."

"I didn't want it to be like this either, but our mercenary group hasn't had any business for too long... Unlike regular organizations with established staff who have income even if they don't work, our mercenary group will eventually run out of money if we stop doing business. So..." Leader Huai Ren gave a bitter laugh and wiped his face hard. "Every morning when I wake up, I'm faced with the ship equipment care of nearly eighty ship girls, resource replenishment, and checking emergency supplies. When we all get together for a meal, the funds are reduced... It's too exhausting."

"You just said you'd leave this place with your mercenary group, so what about the 1.5 million you spent on that information..."

"There's always a way out..." Commander Huai Ren smiled bitterly. "After all, I never expected that such a small mountain village would have a regular admiral stationed there."

"..." Xiaobai's gaze shifted slightly.

how to say.

This was actually quite a coincidence.

Logically speaking, marine pollution occurring in a small village like this would be unlikely to reach the ears of a newbie garrison thousands of miles away.

Who would have thought that a retired admiral lived in this small village? This old admiral not only saw the changes in the sea area and invited two traveling ship girls to protect the village, but even more impressively, his child ran to the distant Qingke City and used a bank card to drag the rookie admiral from the naval base over.

Logically speaking.

The mercenary group that has acquired information about the sea area should be able to reach a deal with this small fishing village as they wish.

However, due to a series of coincidences, there is now a business conflict with the newbie naval base.

That can only be described as fate.

"But speaking of which, Commander Huai Ren, what I'm more curious about is, where did you get your information from?" Xiao Bai asked Commander Huai Ren.

"The news..." Commander Huai Ren sighed, "We originally had an agreement that I absolutely could not reveal this news—but since you, Miss Admiral, are so eager to know... I can tell you."

"Who is it?" Xiaobai leaned forward.

"It's the Admiral."

"..." Xiaobai paused, "Admiral?"

"Yes, he's also an admiral." Regiment Commander Huai Ren nodded.

"..."

Xiao Bai was a little confused.

Xiao Bai blinked, and the admiral network on his body subconsciously activated, spreading to the commander of Huai Ren's regiment. He spent a few seconds sensing the commander's mental state.

The perception has ended.

Commander Huai Ren was telling the truth.

The organization he traded with was indeed the admiral.

Xiao Bai gently clenched her hands, which were resting flat in front of her legs, and took a deep breath with a hint of anger in her voice.

Admiral.

Admiral.

It's the Admiral!

The organization that traded with the mercenary group was actually the Admiral!

makes sense.

Compared to unorganized mercenary groups, well-equipped, well-connected, and well-manned regular garrison commands naturally possess the means to acquire extensive information about the deep sea.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that he truly is an admiral!

Only an admiral in the entire world could obtain so much information so easily and trade it with mercenary groups.

"call----"

Xiaobai exhaled the breath she had just taken.

just now.

Xiaobai was a little angry.

—I'm really a little angry.

If you want to ask why.

—This admiral who traded with the mercenary group, after learning about the information from the deep sea, not only did not take action to eliminate it, but instead sold the information to the mercenary group at a high price, finding a convenient thug like the mercenary group to solve the task that should have been done by himself, and also ruthlessly skinned the mercenary group dry.

This is too much!

"Who is that admiral you're talking about?" Xiao Bai took a few seconds to calm himself down, then looked up and asked Commander Huai Ren.

Xiao Bai desperately needs to know the admiral's name.

"do not know."

However, Commander Huai Ren simply shook his head at this.

"Don't know? What does that mean?" Xiaobai was taken aback. "Didn't you trade with them before?"

"This is my first time buying this kind of information. I'm not qualified to contact the people behind the scenes. I had to go through an intermediary when handing over the information," Commander Huai Ren said with a wry smile.

"...Oh, then may I ask if making a deal with the Admiral is a common practice within your mercenary group?" Xiaobai pondered for a long time before looking up and asking.

"It's not widespread. In fact, only a few large mercenary groups are occasionally asked by mysterious people if they need information from the deep sea. And I was only subtly told that the source of the information was the Admiral when I asked if the information was accurate."

"Oh..." Xiaobai nodded.

makes sense.

Since it was the admiral who requested the transaction, anyone with a sound mind wouldn't casually reveal their exact identity.

It's no wonder that Commander Huai Ren didn't know.

Just thinking about it.

Xiao Bai looked up and glanced at Commander Huai Ren.

But they found that Commander Huai Ren was rubbing his hands together, looking nervous and obviously restless.

"Commander Huai Ren, what's wrong?"

"...I..." Commander Huai Ren looked at Xiao Bai with a troubled expression, "This news was supposed to be kept secret...I can't tell outsiders, if I do, I..."

"Will we suffer the wrath and retaliation of an unknown admiral?" Xiaobai tilted his head.

"...Yes." Commander Huai Ren nodded.

"Don't worry about that, I'll protect you." Xiao Bai smiled at Commander Huai Ren.

"...Thank you." Commander Huai Ren breathed a sigh of relief, his expression softening slightly.

The reason why Commander Huai Ren had been reluctant to tell Xiao Bai his source of information was because...

The main reason was that he was afraid his mercenary group would face retaliation.

After all, the person he was trading with was a proper admiral.

The combat strength of a regular naval base—especially one like this, one that dares to tell a mercenary group its admiral's identity—is something that an ordinary mercenary group like ours can't possibly withstand.

Commander Huai Ren is getting on in years.

Even if he doesn't consider himself.

He also needs to consider the people around him.

He has nearly a hundred people in his mercenary group to support. If he angers a mysterious admiral and suffers ruthless retaliation, the livelihoods of these hundred people will be completely ruined.

But that's what it says.

Commander Huai Ren has now received a verbal promise from Xiao Bai.

Although Commander Huai Ren was still a little flustered, he at least felt a bit more confident.

After all, the admiral in front of her might not be as strong as the admiral she was trading with, but she was still a legitimate admiral. If she was willing to protect her, then the mysterious admiral she was trading with would surely give her some face... right?

Commander Huai Ren comforted himself.