Elder brother's garrison

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The characteristic of this kind of soft violence organization is that most of the members do not have formal employment certificates, and most of the things they do are not permitted by laws and regulations.

While bullying one or two small street vendors is easy enough, the last thing they want to see is if something goes wrong at work, like what happened now, where they are surrounded by onlookers who stir up trouble, taking photos and videos, and spreading the discussion widely.

This is considered stirring up trouble!

After all, what they did was not permitted by law.

If the public gets involved and the story spreads like wildfire, and the relevant departments find out about it and start investigating, your superiors will definitely label you as temporary workers or unrelated personnel, then promptly hand you over to the police, leaving you miserable and stranded in jail, receiving several days of "ideological education."

The man with a bamboo skewer pressed against his throat was also sweating profusely at the temples.

Compared to the concerns of his subordinates, he was more worried about his own life at this moment.

The man stared at Iowa's friendly smiling face, kept his hands raised, swallowed hard, and then, despite the discomfort in his throat, managed to speak to Iowa.

"Okay, okay...okay okay...I understand...cough cough cough..."

The man turned his palm toward Iowa, trying to prove that he would not resist.

"Heroine, heroine, is that alright? I was blind this time, you're amazing. I apologize for what I just did, I'm sorry cough cough cough... May I ask if you can take the slip down now? I'll return the money to you right away, and then I'll leave with my men, is that alright?"

It's very uncomfortable to have a sharp bamboo skewer pointed at your throat while you speak. The man coughed lightly as he spoke, but his voice became increasingly thin and unpleasant as he ran out of breath.

But their attitude was indeed sincere.

“I thought you would at least exchange a few words with me,” Iowa said with a smile, appreciating the expression on the man’s face.

“…I’m not stupid.” The man paused for a moment before adding.

“A wise move.” Iowa smiled, nodded, gently flicked the bamboo skewer with her fingers, and then quietly withdrew her hand.

The man stumbled back several steps, bent over, covered his neck, and coughed, sweat pouring down his face.

"Cough cough cough cough————"

“However, there’s no need to return the money. I’ll take this stall owner away in a bit, so it won’t interfere with your work—after all, you also have to explain to your superiors.” Looking at the man who was coughing awkwardly with his head down, Iowa quickly twirled the slender bamboo skewer between her snow-white fingers twice, then smiled kindly and spoke.

Iowa's voice was very gentle, as if the people standing in front of her were not a group of bandits, but a friendly neighbor who greeted her with good morning every day.

"..."

After coughing for a while, the man, who finally felt a little better, took a few breaths. Hearing Iowa's voice, he suddenly raised his head, covered his neck, and stared at Iowa with a slightly resentful and gloomy look in his eyes.

"No need for thanks," Iowa said with a smile.

"You..." The henchman who had been waiting for a long time saw that Iowa's eyes were spitting fire. He took a big step forward and angrily took a step towards Iowa.

"I've already said it once, get out of the way!" The man turned his head sharply and shouted at his underlings.

The underling's arrogance vanished instantly after being harshly rebuked by his boss. He shrank back and retreated behind the group.

The man looked down at the palm of his hand that had just been covering his neck.

The man looked up and gave Iowa one last, deep look.

"……Walk!"

The man turned around, pushed through the crowd, and left with his men, seething with resentment.

The crowd instinctively parted to make way for the men.

"What are you looking at! Look again and I'll smash your head in!"

"Are you looking at yourself?!"

"Are you trying to film me? Turn off your phone!"

"roll!"

In the distance, the angry shouts of the henchmen at the group taking photos could still be heard.

There was a brief, minor commotion among the crowd.

Iowa ultimately did not resort to violence against these thugs.

Seeing that the drama had ended and that Iowa, the courageous heroine, hadn't fought back against these labeled villains, the onlookers put down their phones with a hint of disappointment, as if they had missed a good show. They gave Iowa one last look with amazed eyes before the crowd slowly dispersed.

"Iowa!" After the crowd dispersed, Xiaobai ran to Iowa's side and quickly tugged at Iowa's sleeve.

"Ah, Admiral!" Iowa looked down at Xiaobai, cupped her cheeks, and pouted at him. "You really scared me to death, Admiral, I was so scared..."

"……"noob.

No matter how you look at it, it shouldn't be Iowa who's scared to death...

However, Xiaobai doesn't criticize Iowa's words anymore.

"No... I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid... I'm here." Xiaobai said shamelessly, grabbing Iohua's hand.

"Thank you, Admiral. I feel much better." Iowa's face lit up with a sunny smile.

Xiao Bai let go of Io Hua's hand and sighed inwardly.

"Iowa, speaking of which, who were those people just now?" Xiaobai asked with some concern, watching the direction the men had left in.

"Hmm... Judging from their reply, they seem to be the ones managing order in this area. Although there was a small conflict this time, overall they were just following the rules." Iowa said, gently breaking off the very tip of the bamboo skewer, and smiling at Xiaobai, "That's great, Admiral."

"Huh? What's so great?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

"Because the candied hawthorns the admiral bought me this time, I can still eat them." Iowa smiled at Xiaobai, took a bite of a candied hawthorn, and chewed it.

"……"noob.

Xiao Bai turned her head and looked at the small stall next to her.

Xiao Bai had no idea how many men had "visited" this little stall before he and Iahua arrived. At this moment, the area around the stall was covered with colorful pebbles, and even the thin layer of cloth on the stall was covered with footprints.

Fortunately, the blonde woman who was the stall owner didn't seem to have been harmed at all. Even when Xiaobai and Iowa came to her side, she remained wearing a straw hat, seemingly unconcerned about the world, and kept quiet.

"Speaking of which... Iowa seems a bit more excited than usual today," Xiaobai said to Iowa.

"Hmm?" Iowa tilted her head. "Really?"

"Yeah...ah, but maybe it's just my imagination..." Xiaobai waved her hand sheepishly and smiled at Iowa, "Just pretend I didn't say anything..."

"..." Iahua silently looked at Xiaobai who was smiling. She raised the corners of her mouth, took a bite of the last few candied hawthorns in one go, and just smiled at Xiaobai without saying anything more.

"Big sister stall owner?" Xiaobai squatted down in front of the stall and whispered to the stall owner wearing a straw hat, "What was that all about?"

"..." The straw hat vendor remained quiet, head bowed, his large straw hat covering his body, and made no sound.

"...Uh, this familiar scene is..."

Xiao Bai looked at the silent stall owner in front of him, his expression strange, and reached out to gently lift the straw hat slightly.

A few strands of long, fluffy, golden hair slipped out from under the straw hat.

Then Xiaobai saw a face that was filled with a very thick black aura.

really.

This blonde lady is asleep at her stall again!

And the dark aura on my face seems even worse than yesterday!

"Ah!" Xiaobai quickly took off the blonde ship girl's straw hat and turned around to call out to Iowa, "Iowa, this big sister seems to be in much worse condition!"

Iowa lowered her head, carefully examined the blonde ship girl's face, and nodded.

"Yes. As expected."

"She is..."

"It looks like this child hasn't eaten breakfast again." Iowa cupped her cheeks, looking worried. "It's not good for her health if she always skips breakfast."

"……"noob.

"Admiral? What's wrong?" Iowa looked at the expression on Xiaobai's face that seemed to be criticizing him.

"I wasn't talking about her not eating breakfast... I meant the deep-sea look on her face is even worse than yesterday," Xiaobai said to Iohua.

“Ah… this.” Iowa blinked and nodded knowingly. “But isn’t the Admiral quite good at solving these kinds of problems? This level of illness shouldn’t be a problem for you, Admiral, right?”

"Uh... well... that's true." Xiaobai broke out in a cold sweat.

"Well then," Iowa said with a smile to Xiaobai, "just like yesterday, let's find her a hotel to stay in first."

Iowa quite proactively picked up the blonde ship girl from the stall.

Xiao Bai and Iowa left the pedestrian street and headed towards a small hotel they had visited earlier.

Walking down the street, Xiaobai turned her head and secretly glanced at Iowa's expression.

When Iowa was holding the blonde ship girl, she seemed quite content. Even while walking, she would occasionally lower her head to brush aside the blonde ship girl's hair and carefully examine her face, looking very attentive.

Ultimately, to act bravely for a stranger, pay the fine out of his own pocket, personally carry the stranger, take the stranger to a hotel room, and have his own admiral get treatment—that's just being too much of a good Samaritan.

Xiao Bai still remembers how delicate and pampered Iowa was when she first stepped out of the construction device. The complicated living conditions there exhausted even Chairman Er Gou.

This is the first time Xiaobai has ever seen Iowa so friendly to strangers.

Although Xiaobai did not object to Iowa's behavior, she was indeed curious about her reasons for doing so.

We returned to the hotel from yesterday.

Xiao Bai went to the front desk to inquire and was surprised to learn that the room he booked yesterday had not expired and had even been extended for several more days by someone else.

Perhaps because the bed was quite comfortable, the person who renewed the room fee happened to be this blonde lady.

Since they saved time on booking a room, Xiaobai and Iahua easily took the room key from the blonde woman's clothes and carried her into the room.

After tossing the blonde older sister onto the bed, Xiaobai carefully sat down on the edge of the bed and began to scrutinize the blonde ship girl's face.

“Yesterday, this blonde lady didn’t look this bad,” Xiaobai said to Iowa.

“Maybe she’s just putting on a brave face,” Iowa said.

"Just bear with it..." Xiaobai looked helplessly at the blonde ship girl in front of her. "Ship girls can't absorb deep-sea energy, so even if you just bear with it, it won't get better like a cold. There's no point in doing this..."

“Girls…like to act tough when they have no one to rely on.” Iowa sat on the corner of the bed, gently stroking the blonde ship girl’s thigh, and said to Shiro.

"...Ha." Xiaobai sighed, somewhat helplessly, "The aura of the deep sea isn't something that can harm ship girls... but having it in your body for a long time is like eating something indigestible; it'll cause problems sooner or later... If you had just listened to me yesterday and let me get rid of the aura of the deep sea, things would have been much better..."

"I see." Iowa looked at Xiaobai with a smile. "Then, Admiral, I'll go buy her some breakfast. Would you like something to eat too, Admiral?"

"Huh? Uh... fried... fried dough sticks?" Xiaobai was taken aback.

“Okay.” Iowa nodded with a smile. She walked to the door, smiling at Xiaobai. “Then, Admiral… I’ll go buy breakfast…”

"Hmm." Xiaobai looked at Iowa's mysterious smile with a puzzled expression.

Iowa walked out of the room with a smile and slowly closed the door.

"Admiral...please enjoy."

thump.

The door is closed.

Xiao Bai stared blankly at the tightly closed door.

"...Huh?" Xiaobai finally realized what was happening.

Just like yesterday, Iowa is giving herself space to absorb the deep-sea energy with the blonde older sister.

"Uh... well... thank you so much."

Xiaobai muttered awkwardly to the closed door, then looked at the blonde ship girl lying on the bed.

For species that cannot digest deep-sea energy, having it inside their bodies for an extended period of time is actually a rather uncomfortable and torturous process.

Yesterday, when Xiaobai was with this blonde ship girl, he was so misled by her agile and unique personality that he forgot how serious her illness was.

"Although this is only the second time I've met you, big sister, I'm determined to dispel the deep-sea aura from your body today, no matter what I say..." Little White muttered, climbing onto the bed and staring intently at the blonde ship girl's face. "Hmm..."

But after staring at it for a while...

Xiao Bai, however, began to ponder deeply.

The reason this blonde ship girl refused my treatment yesterday was probably because she doesn't like kissing strangers...

Ok……

Although among the methods Xiaobai knows, there is only one way to absorb deep-sea energy... but... who knows, there might be other methods in the world?

Thinking of this, Xiaobai couldn't help but sit on the blonde ship girl's lap, looking at her face and pondering deeply.

"Another way...another way..."