Elder brother's garrison

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After serving Xiaobai two large spoonfuls of stir-fried meat, Shengwang then carried the ladle back to the kitchen.

After meal.

Xiao Bai and the other three left the cafeteria.

"Lexington, I'll take the resources back to Chapter 8 first, and then I'll come back tomorrow, okay?" Little White stretched happily, patted his belly, and said to Lexington with a smile.

"Well, anytime."

"Little White! Little White!" Saratoga had finally waited for this opportunity. As soon as she heard that Little White wanted to go back to Chapter 8, she quickly raised her hand and leaned close to Little White. "Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! Me! I want to go with you too!"

"Huh? Saratoga, are you going to Chapter 8 too?"

"Yes!" Saratoga nodded quickly, looking at Whitey with hope. "Now that the resource problem is solved, right? And with such a convenient teleportation ability, I'd like to go check out Chapter Eight too! Is that okay?"

"Ah... um..." Little White looked at Saratoga's pleading eyes, paused for a moment, "It seems... it's not impossible..."

"Really?!" Saratoga exclaimed in surprise.

"Lexington, is that okay?" Xiaobai looked at Lexington.

“Jiajia is a bit mischievous, but she is indeed a reliable fighting force. Once resources are secured, it’s only a matter of time before she goes to Chapter Eight with Xiaobai,” Lexington said.

"...Super Yamato? How's the teleportation burden on your end?" Xiaobai looked at Super Yamato.

"Although the journey is a bit long... one-way teleportation of fewer than a hundred people doesn't take much to my strength." Super Yamato glanced at Saratoga, who was looking at him with concern, and then answered honestly.

"Ah, then there shouldn't be any problem." Upon hearing this, Xiaobai smiled and looked at Saratoga.

"Thank you, Little White!" Saratoga excitedly raised her hands, thanking Little White, her burning gaze quickly turning to Super Dahe.

"..." Chao Yamato's shoulders trembled.

Super Yamato is actually quite young, and is a ship girl who has just entered human society with a dark past of chuunibyou (adolescent delusions of grandeur). Therefore, she is somewhat shy and easily embarrassed. She feels a sense of fear, as if she were facing a natural enemy, towards Saratoga, a ship girl who is not only shameless but also emotionally unrestrained.

Especially just now... Saratoga said a bunch of strange things to Super Yamato, like "I won't let you in front of me," "I can't possibly lose this round," and "Missouri and Deep Sea Yamato have helped me grow," which made Super Yamato even more confused about Saratoga's strange thoughts.

"Thank you, Super Yamato!" Saratoga grabbed Super Yamato's hand, her face beaming with excitement.

The good thing about Saratoga is that she doesn't hold grudges. If someone is treated as an enemy one second, she can treat them like a sister the next second if they show some kindness.

"..."

Super Dahe's shoulders trembled. She subconsciously tried to pull her hand away from Saratoga's, but Saratoga's hand was clenched tightly, and Super Dahe couldn't pull it away for a while. Saratoga even sensed Super Dahe's movement and thought that Super Dahe wanted more intimate contact, so she pressed herself against Super Dahe's body, sticking to her like a leech.

Chao Yamato's face instantly turned as red as a boiling kettle, hissing and steaming.

……

Because they could teleport anytime, anywhere, Xiaobai didn't let Saratoga go home to pack her luggage. After leaving the cafeteria, Xiaobai and the other three found an open space and had Super-Big and the Dark Vortex open.

"Lexington, let's head over to Chapter Eight first." White, Super Yamato, and Saratoga stood in front of the dark vortex, waving to Lexington.

"Yes, have a safe trip." Lexington waved back with a smile. "See you tomorrow."

"Sister! I'll come back to see you tomorrow! Take good care of yourself!" Saratoga waved her hands vigorously and shouted to Lexington, her posture like that of a traveler about to embark on a long journey entrusting his elderly mother with his wishes, completely unlike the sorrowful girl she had been before.

"Alright, let's go." Lexington smiled.

The figures of Xiaobai and the other two stepped into the dark vortex and disappeared.

The dark vortex shrank before Lexington's eyes and then disappeared with a snap.

In the corner of the villa in Chapter 1897, a dark vortex appeared out of thin air, and three figures stepped out of it one after another.

"Ugh, vomit vomit vomit vomit—"

One of the figures had just emerged from the dark vortex when, before he could even catch his breath, he went limp as if his bones had been removed. He stumbled forward and collapsed onto the floor, covering his mouth and retching violently.

"Saratoga, are you alright..." The shorter of the two figures immediately squatted down upon seeing the scene, gently patting the back of the person lying on the ground, and asking the person who was retching with concern.

"Ugh... I feel so dizzy... so nauseous... I feel like throwing up..." The person lying on the ground covered their mouth tightly, their whole body writhing on the floor like a caterpillar. "It seems... it seems like I'm carsick... ugh—"

"I distinctly remember Saratoga, you don't get carsick, do you..." Little White, squatting next to Saratoga, looked at her awkwardly and quickly took out a bottle of mineral water from her ship equipment space and handed it to her. "Uh... anyway, have some water first..."

"Ugh..." Saratoga covered her mouth, propped herself up, and took the water bottle from Little White with a trembling hand. Then, as if forcing herself to swallow the urge to vomit, she unscrewed the bottle, tilted her head back, and drank with all her might, "Glug glug glug—"

Little White stared at the large bubbles that kept rising from the mineral water bottle Saratoga was holding up, as Saratoga drank heavily, and couldn't help but smile helplessly.

Talk about it.

Previously, when traveling through the dark vortex with Super Yamato, Xiaobai also felt a slight dizziness, perhaps due to the long spatial movement. However, because the dizziness was very mild and didn't affect him much, he didn't pay much attention to it at the time. Now, looking at it now... it's likely that the degree of dizziness in that dark vortex varies from person to person, and Saratoga probably experienced a more severe case of "vortex dizziness."

Xiaobai stared at Saratoga's profile with a hint of regret.

"How many weeks pregnant have you been?" Just then, a carefree voice suddenly rang out beside Saratoga, who was propping herself up on the ground and dry heaving.

"Ugh..." Saratoga covered her mouth, barely managing to lift her head. She saw Tirpitz lying on the floor in front of her, head tilted back, staring calmly at her. Saratoga's body involuntarily trembled. "Tirpitz... ugh..."

“My name isn’t Tirpitz…” Tirpitz, lying on the floor, looked at Saratoga leisurely, crossing his legs. “But since you’re almost out of your pregnancy, I can pretend I didn’t hear you—I never expected to see you like this again, Ms. Saratoga, who is pregnant out of wedlock.”

"I...you...ugh..."

Saratoga looked up as if to say something, but a wave of nausea washed over her, and she instinctively covered her mouth and bent over again.

"Tirpitz, stop joking about Saratoga at a time like this..." Little White said awkwardly to Tirpitz while patting Saratoga on the back, "Saratoga just can't handle the space teleportation of Mega Yamato, so she's having a reaction similar to motion sickness..."

"...You really know how to be incredibly shameless in everything you do." After listening to Xiaobai's words, Tirpitz remained silent for a while, then murmured to Saratoga, who was lying on the ground, with a sense of感慨 (gan3kai3, deep emotion).

“…” Saratoga covered her mouth, tears of grievance welling up on her face.

"...Oh, right, Tirpitz, speaking of which, when I returned to the naval base, I picked up a power bank from Lexington." Seeing Sarato's health bar rapidly dwindling due to Tirpitz's increasingly devastating blows, Xiaobai quickly retrieved a white power bank from her ship's storage space and said to Tirpitz, "Because of time constraints, I couldn't bring back too much. Anyway, I'll be returning to the naval base later, so how about you make do with this power bank?"

Xiaobai handed the power bank towards Tirpitz.

When Tirpitz, who was lying on the floor, saw the power bank that Xiaobai took out, her listless eyes lit up. She sat up abruptly, knelt down in front of Xiaobai, bowed her head respectfully, and accepted the power bank from Xiaobai with both hands.

"I have no way to repay your great kindness. If you do not mind my presence tonight..."

"It's just a small favor, no need to be so formal," Xiaobai waved her hand dismissively.

"I'm actually quite serious about this. After all, I thought I'd become the first ship girl in the world to die of boredom sooner or later." Tirpitz solemnly checked the power bank's battery level, then carefully put it away, patted the pocket containing the power bank, and looked up at Shiro and Saratoga, saying, "Hmm... Shiro, from what you're saying, you've already returned to the naval base?"

"Yes, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to bring Saratoga here."

"I thought we met on the street."

"How can this be……"

"Think about it carefully, doesn't Saratoga seem like the type who would sneak out of the naval base to find you here?"

"Uh... I guess... maybe... probably... no way?" As Xiaobai spoke, she inexplicably lost her confidence.

"...Anyway, I'm going to play games now, you guys chat." Tirpitz yawned, glanced down at Saratoga, leaned down and whispered a few words in Saratoga's ear, then got up and left.

Just after Tirpitz left, Saratoga sat up abruptly, staring in astonishment at the direction Tirpitz had gone.

"Saratoga, what did Tirpitz just say to you?"

“…She…she told me not to lie here, but to go outside for a walk and get some fresh air, and then I wouldn’t get carsick…” Saratoga looked at him with a disbelieving expression.

"Ah~ it seems Tirpitz is quite caring..." Xiaobai smiled slightly as she said this, and extended her hand to Saratoga, saying slowly, "Perfect, Saratoga, let me take you out to see Chapter Eight."

"!!"

Saratoga scrambled to his feet and grabbed the outstretched hand of the little white creature.

Xiaobai pulled Saratoga towards the villa's main entrance. Upon seeing Xiaobai and Saratoga, the other ship girls inside the villa cast surprised glances and quickly gathered around.

"Wow! Saratoga! Weren't you at the naval base? When did you...?"

"It must have been Super Big who brought you here, right!"

"I understand, the admiral must have successfully returned to the naval base!"

"Then wouldn't our resources be—"

"yeah!!"

"..."

The ship girls excitedly gathered around Shiro, shouting excitedly at Shiro and Saratoga.

"We don't need to worry about resources anymore. Hmm... I'll take Saratoga out to see the scenery now, and I'll make arrangements for you guys when I get back, okay?" Xiaobai said with a smile, holding Saratoga's hand.

"Okay!" The ship girls obediently made way for Xiaobai. They still had resources left in their ship equipment, so they didn't mind using them for a little while longer.

Little White pulled Saratoga out of the villa gate.

Saratoga stared in astonishment at the valley scene outside the villa's gate, which resembled a paradise, his mouth agape.

"Wow……"

"Well, so this is Chapter Eight." Little White couldn't help but laugh when he saw Saratoga's surprised expression.

"Didn't we say before that Chapter Eight was an unexplored area...? This is..."

"This is the base built by the ship girls in Haoding Naval Base before we arrived at Chapter 8. The houses, equipment, and fields here were all built by them. Thanks to them, we had a very comfortable time here in Chapter 8."

“Oh…” Saratoga blinked her eyes, which were filled with curiosity, and looked around, “Haoding Garrison…”

"The ship girls at Haoding Naval Base are very kind to us. There are some very friendly and enthusiastic ship girls there, like... oh, and they've arrived too." As Xiaobai was speaking to Saratoga, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure appearing on the road in the distance. She smiled slightly and waved towards the end of the road, "Miss Elizabeth!"

The figure that appeared at the end of the road was Elizabeth. At this moment, Elizabeth was carrying two fish and walking towards this side. When she saw Little White standing at the door waving to her, a flattered smile appeared on her face, and she quickly quickened her pace to come over.

"Admiral Lu Lin! Good evening!" Elizabeth ran up to Xiaobai while holding the fish and bowed respectfully. "I'm so sorry I didn't have a chance to greet you this morning because of the Deepsea Ark. I wonder how you are feeling?"

"Don't worry, I've fully recovered," Xiaobai said with a smile to Elizabeth.

“That’s good… These two were just caught at sea by our naval patrol team. If you don’t mind…” Elizabeth smiled happily, picking up the two fish in her hands. As she spoke, she looked up at Xiaobai, but when her gaze fell on Saratoga next to Xiaobai, she paused slightly, a puzzled expression on her face. “…Eh? Admiral Lu Lin, may I ask who this is…”

“Ah, she’s Saratoga,” Xiaobai explained to Elizabeth without any hesitation. “She’s a ship girl from our naval base. She was there when we were at Ella’s place.”

"But I don't think I've seen this person in the past few days..."

With so many people around, there are bound to be things that are overlooked.

"Uh……"

“Saratoga spent most of her time at the villa and rarely went out, so it’s normal that you don’t have a strong impression of her, Miss Elizabeth.”

"..."

Chapter 1898 Orange Eyes

Elizabeth stared intently at Saratoga's face, trying to find someone in her memory who matched the ship girl in front of her. However, no matter how hard she racked her brains, she couldn't find the ship girl named Saratoga in her time with the newbie naval base.

Elizabeth was puzzled.

Elizabeth felt that she shouldn't be a ship girl with such a bad memory. She had been visiting the newbie naval base every day these days. Although she couldn't possibly remember all of them by name, she had become somewhat familiar with the ship girls at the newbie naval base. So where did this ship girl in front of her come from?

Elizabeth wanted to ask and express her doubts, but when she saw Xiaobai's relieved smile, she inexplicably closed her mouth and didn't say anything.

--never mind.

Admiral Lu Lin already had enough little secrets, so compared to the previous ones, the fact that she had an extra ship girl by her side seemed insignificant. After all, her own admiral had told her before that Admiral Lu Lin might be hiding Miss Pachina in a place she didn't know. According to this theory, it wouldn't be strange if Admiral Lu Lin hid a few more ship girls.

With that in mind, Elizabeth stopped dwelling on Saratoga's origins.

Anyway, there's no way this beautiful blonde ship girl could have teleported here from a thousand miles away using a magic door...

Although Elizabeth reads a lot of novels and comics, she considers herself a very rational ship girl and wouldn't approach problems with such a fantastical thought process.

“I see…” Elizabeth nodded after hearing Xiaobai’s explanation and gave Saratoga an apologetic smile. “I was not paying attention… I’m very sorry, Miss Saratoga. We are comrades who should have been together for a long time, but I only formally greeted you today.”

“Hello!” Saratoga extended his hand to Elizabeth.

Elizabeth hung the two fish she was holding in front of the villa and then shook hands with Saratoga.

"Miss Elizabeth, thank you for the fish. How about having dinner with us before you leave?" Little White greeted Elizabeth with a smile.

"Thank you for the invitation, Admiral Lu Lin, but I'm sorry... the deep-sea amphibious ships that appeared on the sea today are somewhat unusual, and I need to go back as soon as possible to report the battle situation to the Admiral." Elizabeth bowed to Xiaobai, "I will come to visit Admiral Lu Lin again tomorrow."

"Oh...I see." Xiaobai raised an eyebrow slightly upon hearing the first part of Elizabeth's sentence, then smiled without changing her expression and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Miss Elizabeth. See you tomorrow."

Elizabeth smiled slightly at Little White, then turned and left.

Saratoga watched Elizabeth's departing figure with a suspicious look. She frowned and cautiously spoke to Little White.

"She is……"

“Miss Elizabeth has been taking good care of our ship girl during this time,” Xiaobai said to Saratoga. “Hmm… speaking of which, I haven’t asked about her specific position yet, but Miss Elizabeth seems to be a secretary ship or something similar in the Haoding Naval Base.”

“Oh…” Saratoga suddenly realized, she nodded, and glanced at the sky, “…”

Although she had only met Elizabeth once, for some reason, Saratoga instinctively sensed a familiar "dangerous" aura emanating from her. This wasn't the first time she had felt this "dangerous" aura; she had sensed it from Missouri and Yamato before...

No way……