Elder brother's garrison

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“I have the ring you gave me.” Shenhai Zuikaku raised his hand, the ring on his ring finger sparkling.

“…Uh.” Xiaobai stammered, “The ring…can’t stay with you forever, Miss Ruihe. You have to return it to me after we end our cooperation.”

"Wasn't it a gift for me?"

"I was thinking it wouldn't be a problem to give it to you, Miss Fukami Zuikaku... but after you reminded me just now, I think it would be better to take it back later..."

"what happened?"

"What if Miss Zuikaku uses my ring to get close to human society and frightens the people there? Wouldn't I be the one to take the blame?"

"...Trust me, I won't hurt anyone." - Deep Sea Zuikaku

"This is just in case..." Xiaobai said apologetically to Shenhai Zuikaku.

"..." Shenhai Zuikaku touched the ring and muttered something under his breath.

"Hmm? Miss Fukami Zuikaku? What did you just say?"

"I'm going ashore again tomorrow."

"Oh, no problem."

Chapter 2091 Request for Petting

After seeing off the Deep Sea Zuikaku, Shiro and Yamato stood at the door watching its figure disappear at the end of the waterway, and couldn't help but sigh.

Xiao Bai felt that he was becoming more and more popular in the ruined city.

Among the several abyssal deans in the ruined city, Zuikaku has now joined his pirate ship, Savoy has reached a consensus with him, Kamikaze is physically obedient to him, Hindenburg has completely become a mascot, and even Barbarossa seems to have a strange feeling towards him.

Xiaobai didn't feel like she had done anything particularly special these past few days. She just treated these Abyssal Deans like ship girls, and then inexplicably her relationship with them became exceptionally good, to the point that she started to worry that she might suddenly be attacked with a hatchet.

"It should be considered... a positive development..." Xiaobai leaned against the gate, murmuring softly towards the distance of the waterway.

"Admiral, everything will get better and better!" Chao Yamato clenched his fist and earnestly encouraged Xiaobai.

"Thank you." Xiaobai turned around and smiled.

"Admiral, now that things are over in the ruined city, shall we head back to shore or back to the naval base?" Super Yamato asked Shiro, putting down his hands.

"Hmm..." Xiaobai thought for a while, her eyes darting around, "...Let's not go back."

"Does the admiral have anything else to do today?" Chao Yamato asked, startled.

"No, what I mean is, I'm not going back." Xiaobai replied with a smile to Chaodahe, "I'll stay here for the night—ah, of course, I only mean I'll stay here by myself, Chaodahe can go back."

"Why??" Chao Dahe stared wide-eyed.

"Well... Chaoda and you saw it too, Kamikaze and Barbarossa arrived quite early today. I suspect that after what happened today, they might arrive even earlier tomorrow... It would be troublesome if we weren't here then." Xiaobai said to Chaoda with a helpless smile, "These next few days are crucial anyway, so I'll stay here."

“But…but…it’s dangerous…” Chao Dahe murmured.

"Dangerous...that's true." Xiaobai completely agreed with Chao Yamato's words. "But don't worry, I'm pretty good at fighting, you know? If something really happens, I can protect myself."

“Then I’ll stay too—” Chao Da hesitated for a moment before quickly saying.

"No, you should go back. If something happens at the naval base or on the shore and you need to contact me, I'll be counting on you." Xiaobai said to Chao Yamato, paused slightly, and then added with a smile, "Besides, you'd rather stay with Yamato and the others than stay in this ruined city, right?"

"..." Chao Da was stunned for a moment, then his face turned red.

"Don't worry, it doesn't matter where I sleep. You don't need to worry too much about my safety. I can also take some time to see Figel, so you can go without worry," Xiaobai said to Chao Yamato.

"Well... alright then... Yes, Admiral." Hearing what Xiaobai said, Chaoda had no room for argument. She hesitated for a moment, then nodded obediently and said earnestly, "Then, I'll come pick you up, Admiral, after I get up tomorrow!"

"It doesn't matter, you can get up a little later, just make sure you get enough rest," Xiaobai said with a smile.

"Yes, sir!" Super-Big and backhand summoned a vortex black hole.

Xiao Bai waved to Chao Dahe.

Super-large then walked into the vortex black hole, looking back every few steps, and disappeared along with it.

Xiaobai looked at the empty lobby on the first floor, stretched, and walked into the lobby.

After sending the deep-sea crane back to the ruined city, it is now night.

Xiao Bai returned to the tent in the hall. First, he checked whether the four corners of the tent were secure. Then, he skillfully unzipped the tent, lay down inside, and stuck his feet out, tapping the floor with his feet.

Xiao Bai wasn't sleepy at all.

For a girl of Xiaobai's age, being alone at night on the ocean thousands of miles away from human society, especially in a place like this where groups of Deepsea Deans and Deepsea Frigates roam, should have made her too worried and scared to sleep. But Xiaobai was surprisingly calm and peaceful at this moment, and did not feel any fear or loneliness.

Perhaps Xiaobai had spent enough time here in the past few days to develop a sense of belonging to this temporary home; perhaps Xiaobai had become quite familiar with the Deep Sea Dean of this city; perhaps Xiaobai knew that Super and Tomorrow would pick her up on time... or perhaps Xiaobai knew that the Deep Sea Will was still in her body, accompanying and protecting her, and that she was even safer on this ocean than in human society, with her life guaranteed no matter where she went... In any case, Xiaobai had never worried about her situation.

"Sigh...it's so quiet."

Little White, lying in the tent, rolled over and stared at the interior of the tent for a while.

With excess mental energy nowhere to go, Xiaobai suffered from insomnia as usual during the long night.

After tossing and turning in the tent a few times, still unable to fall asleep, Xiaobai sighed, sat up, and then took out an aluminum lunchbox, several stacks of Xuan paper, a calligraphy brush, and half a candle from his ship equipment space.

"Try writing some calligraphy..."

Xiao Bai murmured to himself as he opened the aluminum lunchbox. Inside, the well-sealed container was a thick layer of ink—leftovers from when he treated Admiral Haoding last time. Xiao Bai crossed his legs, carefully laid out a sheet of Xuan paper in the tent, lit a candle, then poked the aluminum lunchbox with a brush before bending over and rapidly copying the ink onto the paper.

Perhaps because she hadn't properly released her mental energy these past few days, Xiaobai felt exceptionally energetic today. She wrote several pages of rune characters in one go, without feeling tired at all. Fortunately, there was plenty of time in the long night, so Xiaobai simply picked up her pen and, finding joy in the hardship, began copying the rune dictionary she had memorized from beginning to end. Before she knew it, she had used more and more Xuan paper, gradually piling up a thin layer of paper blanket in the tent.

Xiao Bai remained bent over, writing rapidly. Finally, after an unknown amount of time, when half a candle had burned out, Xiao Bai felt a slight fatigue in his mind and couldn't help but yawn.

"It seems about time..."

Xiao Bai yawned, closed the lid of the aluminum lunchbox, squeezed the candle that had burned to a puddle, and tossed it back into the ship's equipment space along with the calligraphy brush. Then, he lay down on his back in the tent.

"Ah... speaking of which, the paper I finished writing on... oh well, it's quite comfortable piled up at the bottom, let's leave it like this..." Xiaobai stretched towards the tent ceiling, closed her eyes, and muttered softly, "As long as the ink... doesn't get on me..."

Little White drifted off to sleep.

Sleep that depletes your mental energy is always of higher quality than sleep forced by counting sheep.

Xiao Bai slept soundly for the first time in a long time.

-

In the midst of a boundless dream, Xiaobai felt someone poking her cheek.

My fingertips are pointed, cool, and soft. My fingernails aren't trimmed and are a little long, so they feel a bit prickly.

Little White took a deep breath in her sleep, smacked her lips, twisted her body, and then opened one eye a crack. The first thing she saw was the slightly dim tent environment, followed by a head of long, naturally hanging white hair and a pair of scarlet eyes staring directly at her.

"hiss--"

Xiao Bai shuddered, startled. She quickly opened her eyes and tried to sit up, but the next second, a cold hand covered her mouth, pressing her down again.

"Shh..."

Barbarossa covered Little White's mouth with one hand and held up two fingers to his lips with the other, signaling Little White to be quiet.

"Huh? Uh-huh?" Little White looked at Barbarossa in surprise.

Inside Little White's tent, Barbarossa was kneeling beside Little White's head, looking down, pressing Little White's mouth, and staring at Little White, looking like he was illegally intruding.

Little White stared wide-eyed at Barbarossa.

When Barbarossa saw that Little White didn't seem to react much after recognizing her, she gradually loosened her grip on Little White's hand. Then, somewhat at a loss, she placed her hand flat on her lap and kneaded it for a while before taking out a deck of cards.

"Want to play?" Barbarossa asked in a low voice, holding the card box in front of his chin.

"Uh...oh..." Little White looked at Barbarossa and finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Oh, it's Miss Barbarossa...you're here so early today..."

Xiao Bai propped himself up with his elbows, casually took out his phone and glanced at it; it was four in the morning.

Good guy.

Don't these deep-sea deans ever sleep? Why are they arriving earlier every day?

Fortunately, Xiaobai was quick-witted and decided to stay here last night, otherwise there would probably have been trouble today.

Barbarossa placed the card box on her lap, glanced around the tent expressionlessly, and then asked Little White curiously, "Where is she?"

Xiaobai's tent was quite large, enough for two people to lie comfortably inside. Barbarossa guessed that Xiaobai usually slept with Super Yamato, and was a little curious when he couldn't find Super Yamato in the tent.

"Super Yamato? Uh... she, she went for a walk last night," Shiro replied.

“Oh…” Barbarossa nodded.

"I'm sorry... Super Big and she aren't here right now, so we can't play cards with you, Miss Barbarossa, for the time being," Xiao Bai said to Barbarossa with a wry smile.

"..." Barbarossa tapped the card box with his fingers and shook his head.

“Ah…Speaking of which, Miss Barbarossa, you’ve arrived. So, did Deepsea Hindenburg come along too? Is she outside the tent? I’ll go check…” Little White got up, wanting to walk towards the outside of the tent.

But as soon as Xiaobai sat up, a hand suddenly grabbed Xiaobai's wrist and pulled Xiaobai down again.

"Huh?" Little White turned around and found that the person who had grabbed her was Barbarossa. "Miss Barbarossa? What's this?"

"I'm sorry. I was just lying to you." Barbarossa held Little White's hand, looked up at Little White's face, his eyes flickering. "I'm not playing cards with you today, and I didn't bring Hindenburg with me."

"Huh? You didn't bring it??" Xiaobai asked in surprise.

"……Um."

"You were supposed to protect her..."

"talk about it later."

“Alright… then Miss Barbarossa, you came all this way specifically for…”

"Please help me..."

"Help? What kind of help?" Xiaobai was immediately intrigued when she heard this. She sat down in front of Barbarossa and asked her.

Xiao Bai became somewhat interested in the reason why Barbarossa specifically chose this underworld time to meet him alone.

"..." Barbarossa didn't speak at first. She just lowered her head and first used her fingers to pick at the fabric of her pants. After a while, she raised her head slightly and looked at Xiaobai with watery eyes and a flushed face.

Barbarossa took a deep breath, then pressed his hand to his chest and gently rubbed his legs together.

"...Help...touch me."

Barbarossa pleaded with Little White in a light and gentle voice, her voice trembling slightly.

Chapter 2092: Taste the Taste

"...Help...touch me."

Barbarossa's voice sounded exceptionally clear in the dim light of the early morning.

The words fell.

There was silence.

The only sound inside the tent was faint breathing.

Under the shadows, Little White and Barbarossa fell into a long silence.

"...Huh?" After a long while, Xiaobai blinked, somewhat stunned. "Miss Barbarossa, I'm sorry, I don't think I heard you clearly... Um, what did you just say?"

"Touch me."

"Ah this..."

"Touch me."

"wait wait wait……"

"Touch me!"

"I heard it! I heard it!" Little White quickly raised his hand to stop Barbarossa, who was trying to tell him in a louder voice.

Barbarossa then closed his mouth, gazing quietly at Little White with his red eyes. His blood-red eyes held not only his usual indifference but also a hint of expectation.

Looking at Barbarossa's current state, Xiaobai felt a surge of emotions.

“Um, Miss Barbarossa…do you mean…” Xiaobai lowered his head and asked awkwardly.

"It was that day, what you did to me." Barbarossa spoke slowly to Little White in a calm voice, as if it were something very ordinary. "You pinned me to the ground, took off my clothes, and then..."

"Cough cough cough cough!!" Little White's lowered face flushed red, and he coughed violently a few times, trying to interrupt Barbarossa.

"Are you feeling unwell?" Barbarossa leaned down, peering into Little White's downcast gaze, and turned to look at Little White with one eye.

"Ah, no..."

"Can I touch you now?"

"..."