Elder brother's garrison

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"If you dare to lie to our commander, you know what the consequences will be, right?" Dai-i clenched one fist and slapped the palm of his other hand repeatedly.

"I'll beat you up," Kitagawa added softly.

Oi and Kitakami exerted pressure on President Jiang from the left and right respectively.

President Jiang's shoulders twitched.

President Jiang glanced in alarm at the black-clad ship girls lying on the floor in the hall.

These ship girls are protected by ship equipment. Their defensive capabilities are comparable to armored vehicles armed to the teeth. Even with this level of defense, these two ship girls could take them down and put them on the ground in no time...

My mortal body probably can't withstand even a little bit of that...

"I...I promise! I'll tell you everything!" President Jiang quickly swore.

"Thank you for your cooperation. Let's start with the simplest question. Mr. Jiang, where did you hire all these ship girls around you?" Xiaobai looked at the ship girls in the hall and asked Mr. Jiang.

“They…they weren’t hired by me, they…they were lent to me by someone else…” Mr. Jiang replied, his hands trembling and swallowing hard.

"Lend it to you?" Xiaobai thought for a moment. "Is it the boss behind you?"

"..." President Jiang's shoulders trembled again. He looked troubled and conflicted. After struggling for a long time, President Jiang finally made up his mind and nodded with difficulty, "Yes."

"Is it the Admiral?"

"……Yes."

"As expected." Xiaobai sighed. "Which admiral was it?"

"Yes..." President Jiang hesitated for a long time, his face turning somewhat grim, "Could we not say it..."

"No." Xiaobai and Dajing Beishang said in unison.

President Jiang withdrew his hand slightly.

In the end, they lost their nerve.

His face was ashen.

“I…I had his business card in my clothes…it was in my shirt pocket.” President Jiang lowered his head.

Xiao Bai blinked and reached out into President Jiang's collar pocket.

"Commander, let me handle this!" Da Jing quickly grabbed Xiao Bai's hand and put his own hand in front of General Jiang's jacket pocket. "Hey, no tricks allowed."

Da Jing took a white business card from Jiang Zong's jacket pocket and handed it to Xiao Bai.

"Thank you, Ooi." Xiaobai accepted the business card and glanced down at it. "...Black Flame Garrison?"

"Yes..." President Jiang nodded.

"It's a naval base name I haven't heard of much..." Xiaobai muttered to himself, holding the business card in his hand.

"This is a top admiral ranked among the top 50 in the world... His ship girls are all very strong... and his influence is also very large," Jiang explained with a gloomy expression.

"Oh..." Xiaobai nodded, "Do you have any evidence or proof that you made the transaction?"

“Our exchanges of materials and money were all conducted offline, leaving no evidence… However, I do have an account book with detailed information about each transaction…”

"Ah~ where is the ledger?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Jiang, we are all principled and won't hurt you." Xiao Bai smiled at the pleading Mr. Jiang. "Thank you for your help."

"Really? Then..." A hint of wild joy flashed in President Jiang's eyes, but then, his joy froze in mid-air the next second.

With a gentle smile, Xiaobai picked up her phone and skillfully pressed three buttons.

Under President Jiang's gaze, he lowered his head.

"Hello? Is this 110?"

Chapter 1345 Born as a Ship Girl

When Iowa returned from the resort and came to the entrance of the small restaurant.

In front of the small restaurant, a line of police cars blocked the entrance, their red flashing lights illuminating the long street.

Inside the restaurant.

One by one, the black-clad ship girls, their bodies charred black, were carried out of the restaurant on stretchers, one after another.

Several police officers in uniforms, exuding an air of authority, carried batons and directed order at the scene.

on the street.

Inside an ambulance with its doors wide open.

Unharmed, Xiaobai and Dajing went north and chatted with Pompeii, who was wrapped in a blanket and holding a cup of hot tea.

"Ah, Iowa, you're finally back!" Just as Iowa approached the ambulance, Little White, who was talking to Pompeii, suddenly turned around, smiled in Iowa's direction, and waved.

"Admiral, I'm back." Iowa quickened her pace, walked up to Shiro and the others with a smile, and looked around. "...It seems like a lot has happened while I was away?"

"Hmm...it seems like a lot has happened." Xiaobai thought for a moment, then looked at Iowa, "Iowa, how are you doing?"

"As for me... everything is developing as expected." Iowa smiled at Xiaobai. "However, Admiral, it would be best to send a few people to check the bank outside the resort. The ladies who accompanied me to the bank are still fast asleep."

"Huh? There's fighting over there too?"

"Just some minor friction." Iowa smiled and shook his head, then reached out and pulled a warm bank card from his chest. "Admiral, here's your bank card back."

"Um... I'm sorry to trouble you to come all this way so late at night."

"It's alright, it's just for show anyway." Iowa winked at Xiaobai, "After all, Admiral, you didn't even tell me your bank card PIN."

"...There were just too many people." Xiaobai held the bank card and smiled sheepishly.

The bank card taken from Iowa's chest.

It feels warm to the touch, and even has a faint scent of a mature woman.

Xiao Bai rubbed the surface of the bank card and silently put it away.

Watching Xiaobai put away the bank card, Iowa turned to look at Pompeii, who was covered with a blanket.

"Sister Pompeii, what's wrong...?"

"Uh... no, don't ask..." Pompeii lowered his head awkwardly, and quickly took two sips of hot tea to cover up his embarrassment.

“Okay.” Iowa nodded with a smile, then looked back at Xiaobai, “So, did the Admiral achieve his goal this time?”

"Well, I guess we've succeeded. Although we don't have direct evidence, I now know who the target admiral is." Xiaobai nodded. "We probably won't be able to stay in Fish City tonight. Let's set off in a bit."

"Wait a while" means what?

Iowa looked at Little White with curiosity.

Just now.

Over at the police station, a male police officer in uniform jogged toward Xiaobai.

The male police officer stopped in front of Xiaobai and the ship girls, first raised his hand to salute Xiaobai, and then took out a bag of brown paper and spoke in a clear and loud voice.

"Hello! Here are the materials you requested. We have retrieved them from the suspect's home and are now officially handing them over to you!" The male police officer handed the brown paper bag to Xiaobai with both hands.

"Ah! Thank you! Officer!"

"You're welcome! Respected Admiral, thank you for your contributions to the world!" The male police officer saluted Xiaobai again.

"Um, there should be some lone ship girls near the bank at the resort entrance. They're probably heavily damaged and unable to resist. Anyway, I'll leave them to you."

"Roger that!" The male officer nodded, then turned and jogged away.

The crowd watched as the male police officer ran into the queue, followed by several police cars that drove out of the queue and sped off towards the resort amidst sirens and flashing lights.

"Admiral, what's this?" Iowa watched the police leave, then looked down curiously at the brown paper bag in Xiaobai's hand.

“This is key evidence… right?” Xiao Bai opened the brown paper bag, took out a thin notebook, and flipped through it gently. “It’s a ledger that specifically records the transactions between that President Jiang and the target admiral.”

"Wouldn't this be enough to punish that person?"

"Well... with the authority of ordinary police officers in Fish City, it's actually a bit difficult... and this evidence isn't very reliable either. In short, we still need to go there in person."

"I see." Iowa nodded. "Admiral, where is the target, Admiral?"

"Hmm... It's a garrison called Black Flame Garrison. I just checked, and it's located in a city called Cotton River City."

“…Mianjiang City…is a city I’ve never heard of before.” Iowa thought for a moment, then looked at Ooi and Kitakami, “Ooi-neechan, Kitakami-neechan, do you know Mianjiang City?”

“I don’t know.” Daii and Kitakami shook their heads. “We’ve never left Fish City since we came here.”

“Oh…” Iowa responded with some regret.

“Mianjiang City isn’t exactly a big city. But because it’s on the coast, it’s fairly well-known among us admirals.” Xiaobai smiled at Iowa. “Hmm… let me think… Mianjiang City is roughly located in…”

“A small fishing village.” Just then, Pompeii, wrapped in a blanket and holding a teacup, spoke.

Everyone looked at Pompeii.

“Mianjiang City… it’s the stop after our previous train station.” Pompeii swallowed, licked his dry lips, and then said softly, “Our previous little fishing village was under the jurisdiction of the governor of Mianjiang City.”

"Ah...it's so close?"

“…Yes.” Pompeii frowned and said in a low voice with a strange expression.

Finish this sentence.

Pompeii lowered his head and sipped his tea absently, seemingly lost in a somber mood, and fell silent.

Unlike the dilapidated train station next to the small fishing village, Fish City has a much more developed transportation system, with trains running to other places even at night.

After a short rest, Xiaobai and the ship girls rushed back to the hotel overnight. After quickly unpacking their luggage in the hotel room, they headed towards the train station in Fish City.

They boarded a train to Mianjiang City overnight.

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The sun rose above the sea for the third time.

Just as Xiaobai was on the train to Mianjiang City, as the sun rose, her three-day appointment with Commander Huai Ren finally arrived.

In the two days or so that Xiaobai was away.

The ship girls of the Huai Ren mercenary group moved their encampment from the village entrance to the beach, observing the sea and checking the changes on the surface.

It was dawn that day.

As soon as Commander Huai Ren got up, he went to the beach and paced nervously.

"Today is the last day, today is the last day, today is the last day..." Commander Huai Ren nervously covered his hands, muttering to himself as he swayed left and right on the beach.

For Commander Huai Ren...

This day truly holds special significance.

Today is the third day since Xiaobai left the small fishing village. According to the plan, she should have already made contact with the person behind the deal and started her own plan.

If the plan succeeds, Xiaobai will return to the small fishing village today, and I, the informant, will also be safe.

If the plan fails, or something goes wrong...

When Commander Huai Ren thought of this, he shuddered and felt a chill run up his spine.

"Quick! Come back quickly! Come back quickly!!"

Commander Huai Ren spread his arms wide and howled at the sea.

Behind the beach.

Deep Sea Yamato, looking utterly shameless, propped his chin on his hand and drew circles on the ground.

For Commander Huai Ren, Xiao Bai's departure was a life-or-death event, a matter of impending judgment. But for Deep Sea Yamato, it was merely a minor incident that seemed to have lost its luster in the last three days.

—Just bored.

Yamato rubbed his head, yawned, and poked at the beach intermittently.

"Pretty sister!"

"Pretty sister!"

"..."

From the direction of the small village, Kyouka led her classmates running towards Fukami Yamato, their smiling faces surrounding him.

"Pretty sister! Can you tell us a story again today?"

"Beautiful lady! The story you told yesterday was really interesting!"