Elder brother's garrison

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"...If you're just an ordinary human being, then yes, that's true." Xiaobai sighed, looking down.

The results of Akagi's medical examination were indeed utterly "despairing" for Xiaobai.

If Akagi's physical examination results showed that she had suffered physical injuries or mental deficiencies, then Xiaobai could treat the wounds and replenish her mental energy, and Akagi might be able to regain the power of the Deep Sea Dean. However, according to Xiaobai's current examination results, Akagi's body is extremely healthy. Her internal circulation is not damaged at all, and she has not suffered any hidden illnesses. She has the body of a perfect, normal human being.

But perfection... also means there's nowhere to start.

Akagi Fukami is right. The injuries she suffered were neither physical nor mental.

The injuries suffered by Akagi Akagi are in a realm that even a novice hasn't yet explored.

"...Akagi, I probably can't help you anymore." Xiaobai put her hands together in front of her, lowered her head and said dejectedly, "I'm sorry for making you happy for nothing."

"I am already very grateful for your kindness, my lord." Akagi Fukami did not show much disappointment on her face. She just smiled at Shiro. "Anyway, given my current situation, I no longer need that power, do I? My lord, you should protect my frail body, right?"

“Deep Sea Akagi…you have such a good attitude…” Xiaobai said with some admiration.

"...Is your mindset good...?" Shenhai Akagi listened to Xiaobai's words, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and then said softly, "Well...maybe it's because I cried and made a scene a lot back then."

"..." Xiaobai remained silent.

The more composed Akagi appears now, the more desperate she was back then.

Deep Sea Akagi... It's subtly heartbreaking.

Seeing Akagi's calm expression, Shiro opened his mouth towards her, but couldn't say anything even though his mouth was halfway open.

"Does Your Majesty wish to ask about the location and circumstances of my injury?" Akagi asked Shiro, observing her expression.

“…If you don’t want to talk about it, you don’t have to.” Xiaobai nodded, but then quickly added, afraid that these things might upset Shenhai Chicheng.

"Thank you for your concern, my lord." Akagi Fukami smiled, but her expression quickly calmed down. "However... well... if it was just a casual remark, it shouldn't have left any lasting trauma on me."

"it is good."

“Let’s start with… let’s begin with the place where I was injured.” Akagi thought for a moment and continued speaking to Shiro, “It was a… or rather, half a giant ship that I had never seen before.”

"..." Xiaobai was stunned.

Chapter 2414 The Neighbors of the Radiant Ship

Xiaobai stared blankly at Shenhai Chicheng's face, somewhat lost in thought.

"My lord?" Akagi noticed Shiro's condition and lowered her hand to ask, "What's wrong?"

"Ah...no, it's nothing..." Xiaobai snapped out of her daze, her expression returning to calm. She shook her head first, then said to Deep Sea Akagi, "It's half a giant ship, right? Please continue..."

"Then I will continue," Akagi Fukami finally said.

"This is troublesome." Xiaobai took a deep breath, then perked up and listened attentively with even greater focus than before.

"It was about a year ago, when I and Abyssal Kaga were still on the high seas," Abyssal Akagi explained to Shiro. "Abyssal Kaga and I... were among the earliest Abyssal Deans in terms of birth date. Since our birth, Abyssal Kaga and I have remained on the seas we govern. We don't train our own Abyssal destroyers, nor do we contact or interact with other Abyssal Deans, and we haven't ventured near the human world. Our only wish is to live a peaceful life, relying on each other until the end of the world."

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded.

"I have lived on the sea with Akagi Shinkai for hundreds of years," Akagi Shinkai said to Shiro. "For hundreds of years, life on the sea has been the same, with the sun setting and the moon rising. Although it is a bit monotonous, we are happy with the peace. Occasionally, when I feel tired, I will take Akagi Shinkai to other seas to stroll around, just to see the scenery and relax."

"So, was it during one of your sea voyages that you encountered that half-giant ship?" Xiaobai suddenly asked, listening to Shenhai Chicheng's words.

"..." Akagi shook her head and said to Shiro, "The time when I was injured was indeed after a sea trip, but the location of the injury was not at the trip location."

Where is that?

“At home,” Akagi Fukami said.

"...Home?" Xiaobai tilted her head in confusion.

“That half of the giant ship suddenly appeared in our sea area after I and Kaga Shinkai left the area we were in before.” Akagi Shinkai held up a finger and said slowly, “On one occasion, after Kaga Shinkai and I had finished our sea voyage and were relaxing, we were preparing to return to our sea area to continue our daily lives when we discovered that—during the time we were away, half of a giant ship had inexplicably appeared in our sea area.”

"Huh?" Xiaobai's eyes widened.

“That was a giant ship, neatly split in two.” Akagi Shinkai stretched out her hand, making a chopping motion in the air. “The cross-section was incredibly smooth, and the internal structure was extremely precise. When Akagi Shinkai and I discovered this half of the ship, we initially thought it was the remains of some deep-sea dean who had died on our seas, leaving behind a scene of disintegration. But after roughly measuring the size of the giant ship, even though only half of it remained, that half was large enough to block out the sun, moon, and stars. I felt that it was not a size that deep-sea creatures could achieve.”

"..." Xiaobai didn't reply, but simply raised her hand to prop up her chin and listened attentively.

Seeing how interested Shiro was, Akagi from the Deep Sea very sensibly continued her story.

“That sea area is the territory where I and Kaga Akagi have lived for hundreds of years. In a sense, it is our private space. Therefore, we were very unhappy to find such a huge and unsightly object in our private space.” Kaga Akagi said, then asked Shiro for confirmation, “My lord should be able to understand the feeling of having an uninvited guest break into your home, right?”

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded.

"Therefore, after discovering that half of the giant ship, I launched an attack on it," Akagi said calmly.

"Hmm... Hmm? Ah??" Xiaobai nodded, then suddenly sensed something was wrong, a hint of surprise creeping onto her face. "What? You attacked that half of the ship?"

"Yes."

"Ah this..."

"What's wrong?" Akagi asked.

"N-nothing..." Xiaobai shrank her neck, looked at Shenhai Chicheng's calm face, thought for a moment and asked, "Your attack...it must have failed, right?"

"Your Majesty's insight is truly remarkable," said Akagi Fukami, closing her eyes with admiration. "At first, I simply found that half of the ship an eyesore. Although I didn't know how it came to my home or its origins, seeing it day and night was incredibly bothersome. It was just an eyesore. But if we wanted to move it, the ship was far too large. Even if Akagi Fukami and I worked together, we couldn't move it an inch. After much thought, I realized that sinking that half of the ship on the spot was the easiest solution."

As Akagi Shinkai finished speaking, he raised his palm and opened it towards Shiro.

"So, I activated the Abyssal Ship Equipment, summoned the Abyssal Carrier-based aircraft, and attacked that half of the ship." Abyssal Akagi said calmly, as if she were telling someone else's story. "Then, the moment my attack touched that half of the ship, the originally lifeless ship wreckage sensed my hostility and launched a counterattack against me."

"What kind of counterattack?" Xiaobai asked.

"Is Your Majesty going to ask about the scene of my being beaten up?" Akagi smiled slightly. "If you ask about that, I will still have some lingering trauma."

"Uh... well, then I'd better not say anything..."

“Just kidding.” Akagi’s smile faded slightly. She lowered her head and thought for a moment, seemingly recalling the scene, before continuing, “…First, there was the light, a very bright light, as if the sun had appeared on the water. My carrier-based aircraft were completely dissolved the moment they touched that half of the ship. Then, the light continued to expand, enveloping the entire sea surface in the blink of an eye. The intense heat from the light melted my ship’s rigging in just a moment, and a pain as if I were in a sea of ​​fire caused me to lose consciousness instantly.”

"..." Little White stared blankly at Deep Sea Akagi.

"This is probably what the battle scene was like back then." Akagi Shinkai smiled at Shiro. "Although I am not the Dean of the Deep Sea who is good at fighting, I have always been quite confident in my own strength. I didn't expect that I would be defeated without even having the chance to react on that half of the ship."

"..." Xiaobai lowered her head, looking at the floor with a complicated expression.

"My lord?" Akagi asked again, "Should we continue?"

"Um...please."

"Next are just some finishing touches." Akagi Fukami sighed. "After I was injured by the light of half a giant ship, I lost consciousness due to the immense pain. When I regained consciousness, Kaga Fukami was taking care of me, and the sea returned to normal. The half ship had disappeared without a trace."

"Is Kaga from the Deep Sea unharmed?" Shiro asked curiously.

“I did ask Fukami Kaga.” Fukami Akagi raised her hand and shook her index finger. “Fukami Kaga said that when she was illuminated by that intense light, she only felt warm all over and did not feel any discomfort.”

"So fantastical?"

“Yes, it seems that the light only harms targets that attempt to attack the giant ship.” Akagi sighed and said slowly, “In short, this is what happened. After enduring the attack from that giant ship, I recuperated for a period of time. At first, as my physical injuries improved, I thought that this matter was over. But slowly, I began to find that I was gradually losing the power of Dean Akagi… And then, there are the things that Master knows.”

"Was it that light that attacked Akagi in the Deep Sea..." After listening to Akagi's words, Shiro frowned and thought for a while.

The experiences described by Akagi in the Deep Sea... were truly unbelievable to Xiaobai.

The entity that harmed the Deep Sea Akagi was actually half of a giant ship.

Moreover, judging from the shape of the half of the giant ship that Akagi in the Deep Sea briefly described, Xiaobai had most likely seen that giant ship before, and more than once.

For example, when Sukhbaatar led Shiro to find the ship girl construction device during the time of the gap, Shiro saw that half of the ship.

For example, when Xiaobai was an undercover agent in Chapter 8, he also dreamed about that half of the ship.

And I've dreamed about it more than once.

Most importantly, in the dream, he was also attacked by a giant ship, and the way the ship attacked him was almost identical to what Akagi in the Deep Sea described...

Why……

Giant ships will appear in my dreams...

Thinking of this, Xiaobai felt a chill run down her spine, and an uncomfortable feeling shot up her shoulders, causing her to involuntarily shrink back.

"My Lord?" The voice of Akagi from the Deep Sea brought Xiaobai back to his senses.

When Xiaobai looked up at Shenhai Akagi again, she saw Shenhai Akagi looking at her with concern.

"Your Majesty's expression seems off ever since I began recounting this experience," Akagi asked Shiro, clutching her chest. "Has Your Majesty noticed something?"

"Hmm..." Xiaobai closed her eyes, took a deep breath of the osmanthus fragrance in the air, then exhaled slowly, and smiled slightly at Deep Sea Akagi, "It's nothing, I was just scared by the story you told. A giant ship that shoots lasers, that's pretty scary."

“That’s right.” Seeing Shiro’s smile, Akagi from the Deep Sea also smiled for some reason. “My experience with injuries is probably one of the best among all the deep-sea deans in the world.”

Chapter 2415 One Day

While pondering, Xiaobai considered many things.

Xiao Bai's first thought was whether he should tell Deep Sea Akagi that he knew half of the giant ship—but after thinking about it for a while, Xiao Bai rejected the suggestion.

After all, judging from Akagi's words, she and Kaga were just passersby who accidentally got involved with the giant ship. They knew nothing about the half of the giant ship. Even if Shiro told them what she knew about the giant ship, they wouldn't tell Shiro any more information.

Next, Xiaobai wondered if he should ask the Will of the Deep Sea to verify the truth of what Deep Sea Akagi had said.

But after much deliberation, Xiaobai gave up.

Deep Sea Akagi has no reason to deceive herself, especially since she is now an ordinary human with no spiritual power left in her body. Even if Xiaobai asks the Deep Sea Will to investigate Deep Sea Akagi's memories, it would be like a skilled cook trying to cook without rice.

Ok……

wrong.

Actually, there are other ways to verify this.

Although the Deep Sea Will cannot access Deep Sea Akagi's memories, it can access Deep Sea Kaga's memories. Deep Sea Kaga is now a normal Deep Sea Dean.

Xiaobai stared at Shenhai Chicheng's face.

Deep Sea Akagi generously allowed Shiro to scrutinize her.

“The Lord’s gaze is so gentle,” Akagi suddenly said.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

"I simply recounted my experiences to Your Majesty, hoping only to make you laugh with my wounds, without expecting any empathy from you," Akagi Fukami shook her head and said, "But I didn't expect Your Majesty to listen so attentively, and even your expression was so serious. It's clear that Your Majesty has seriously considered my words and treated my experiences as your own. This... truly moves me."

"..." Xiaobai gave an awkward, bitter smile.

That definitely needs to be treated as one's own business.

After all, it really concerns me...

"Akagi, I'm sorry to have met you this way," Shiro said regretfully to Akagi. "Even though you told me all this, I couldn't help you. I'm really sorry."

"It's alright, Your Majesty's reaction is more than enough to satisfy me." Akagi Shinkai said with a smile to Shiro, then raised her hand and said lightly, "Besides, if you think about it carefully, it's not all a bad thing."

"Huh? What do you say?"

“At least it was because I was attacked by the giant ship that I had the opportunity to form a bond with you, my lord, didn’t I?” Akagi Fukami smiled, and then said casually, “Besides… you’ve seen Kaga Fukami’s talismans, haven’t you? Those are the ones tied to her ankles, which she can pull out and wave to turn into shikigami when she uses them.”

“Yes, I’ve met him.” Xiaobai nodded. “This is the first time I’ve seen Dean Shenhai Kaga use rune script so skillfully and uniquely.”

“That talisman was actually taught to Kaga Fukami by me,” Akagi Fukami said, pointing to herself.

“…Huh?” Xiaobai was taken aback.

“Just as I just said,” Akagi Shinkai pointed to her head, “being attacked by the giant ship wasn’t entirely a bad thing… at least, I still gained something. While being illuminated by that light, I could feel a fragment of knowledge being injected into my body, and that knowledge… was a unique language. It was a language that could unleash miraculous effects with just a little mental effort, and it was through this inexplicable knowledge that I was able to help Kaga Shinkai create those talismans with unique powers.”

"Huh? But when we met before, didn't you say that the talisman belonged to Deep Sea Kaga himself..."

“I never said that it was created independently by Abyssal Kaga,” Abyssal Akagi said with a coquettish smile, covering her mouth with her fingers. “It is true that the materials that make up those talismans are Abyssal Kaga’s deep-sea aura and ship equipment fragments, but the unfamiliar language on them was written by me word by word.”

"Why didn't you tell me about something this important sooner...?"

“Mystery is the most important thing to enhance a woman’s charm,” Akagi Fukami chuckled. “So, does my lord feel my charm now?”

"Well..." Xiaobai smiled.

"Now that I have finished telling my story, does Your Majesty have any further questions for me?" Seeing that Shiro had nothing to say, Akagi Shinkai maintained her smile for a while and slowly asked.

"I have nothing else to ask for now." Xiaobai shook her head and thanked Deepsea Akagi, "Um... Deepsea Akagi, thank you for telling me so much."

"Since Your Majesty asks, how can I conceal the truth?" Akagi gently pressed her legs, slowly stood up from the cushion, and then bowed deeply to Shiro. "Does Your Majesty have any other questions?"

"It's gone." Little White blinked. "What happened?"

"Now that Your Majesty has finished asking your questions, I would like to take my leave and head to Kaga in the Deep Sea."

"Huh? You're leaving so soon?"

"Yes, Kaga from Abyss is actually more shy than she looks. I left her to spend time with so many ship girls, and judging by the time I've been there, it's almost time for her to give up." Akagi from Abyss glanced at the clock in Shiro's room. "Hmm... if it had been a few minutes later, she probably would have burst into tears right there and then."

"Wow... Is it that serious? You'd better go to her place right away."