Elder brother's garrison

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"Uh...but, anyway...I'm still very grateful that you told me all this...It feels good to be trusted."

"Hmm." Little Vinetto nodded noncommittally.

David Neto cautiously stared into the gaze of his other self.

She was secretly observing this much smaller Veneto, just as she had secretly observed herself in the drawing room before.

Before the exercise, Vienneto the Elder could clearly see an unusually strong resentment and hostility in Vienneto the Younger's eyes. Even now, Vienneto the Elder did not know the source of this resentment and hostility, but perhaps because of the exhilarating exercise battle, when Vienneto the Elder looked into Vienneto's eyes, he suddenly felt that her gaze had become much more sincere. All the resentment, hostility, envy, gritted teeth, and exasperation that he had felt before had burned away and disappeared without a trace.

It seems... Veneto from Admiral Lu Lin's household is also a straightforward and generous good person...

Perhaps I can become friends with her.

Thinking of this, David Neto's gaze towards his other self was filled with warmth.

“Let’s go.” Little Veneto raised his hand and patted Big Veneto on the lower back.

It still has the same power as always, penetrating to the core.

Little Veneto's slap was a bit forceful. By this time, Big Veneto's body was completely soaked in seawater. The thin clothes mixed with various colors of paint clung firmly to his skin, making a certain organ on his chest, which was already particularly prominent, even more susceptible to physical effects. This caused Little Veneto's slap to make Big Veneto's chest tremble slightly.

Vivienne's face flushed instantly, and she quickly lowered her head and hugged her chest.

"No, I'm sorry... I'm not quite used to this feeling yet..." After stabilizing his chest, Big Veneto looked up somewhat embarrassedly and gave Little Veneto an awkward smile. "Well, let's hurry back... Huh??!"

Before David Neto could finish speaking, she froze the next second after seeing the expression on her other self's face.

Little Vinetto frowned, his mouth agape like a trapezoidal opening, staring at Big Vinetto with an indescribable, strange expression.

It was a complex expression that was hard for others to understand; it was hard to define what kind of emotion it was, yet it seemed to contain a myriad of feelings.

"W-what's wrong?" Vivienne stared blankly at her other self.

“You…sigh…” Little Veneto finally closed his mouth and let out a long sigh. “…It’s nothing, it’s just that I suddenly realized that you and I probably can never be friends. The barrier between us is probably higher than the sky and wider than the sea.”

"Huh?? Huh???" David Neto was in a panic.

"..."

The two Venetos finally finished their exercise and returned to shore.

On the spectator stands on the shore, Admirals Xiaobai and Nia stood smiling on the water, welcoming the two ship girls back in triumph.

"Veneto, you've worked so hard!" Nia rushed to Veneto, covered in paint, and asked with concern, "How are you feeling? Do you need to rest? Are you injured? Should I get some ship girls to take you to the infirmary or get you a quick-repair device...?"

“Commander, I’m fine… I learned a lot from the exercise just now, it’s just that my clothes are a little dirty…” Vivi Neto looked down at her soaked clothes, sighed, and said to Nia, “Commander, there are spare clothes in the ship’s equipment space. I’ll go to the bath to wash up and change.”

Chapter 2748 Life Never Ends, the Art of Seeking Death Never Stops

Nia held Veneto's hand and spoke at length with words of comfort until she was sure Veneto was completely alright, before finally letting her go with peace of mind.

Veneto from Nia's family also breathed a sigh of relief. Although she still had a lot to say, she couldn't lose her ship girl demeanor. So, after asking Shiro and Nia for about ten minutes' leave, Veneto went to the nearby bath to wash off her paint-covered body.

Xiao Bai watched as Veneto from Nia's family ran into the distant bath, then smiled and turned back to look at the other Veneto beside him.

Veneto, from Xiaobai's family, stood next to Xiaobai, pouting and turning her face to the side, looking unusually sulky.

"Veneto, thank you for your hard work today too," Xiaobai said with a smile.

"Admiral, did you bring me here just so I could see her?" Veneto asked, puffing out one cheek.

"Yes."

"The admiral is giving me a warning. Is there anything I haven't done well enough as a battleship girl?" Veneto turned her head away, not letting Shiro see her expression.

“How could that be? Veneto, you are the perfect battleship,” Xiaobai said earnestly.

“…” Veneto.

"No battleship girl in the world does it better than you," Xiaobai said with a smile.

"...Admiral, is that really what you think?" Veneto was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Xiaobai.

"Of course," Xiaobai smiled.

"What about Missouri?"

"She's a missile strategist now."

"Admiral, isn't this cheating?"

"My feelings for Veneto are absolutely genuine."

“…” Veneto looked at Little White helplessly.

Veneto's gaze flickered for a moment, but in the end, a look of relief slowly appeared in her eyes.

"That's it."

Veneto scratched the white hair by his ear, took a deep breath, and finally exhaled as if he wanted to expel all the stale air from his body.

It seems that Veneto's depressed mood improved a lot after hearing what Xiaobai said.

"Veneto, another Veneto from the Nia family, how did you feel after fighting her?" Xiaobai asked Veneto.

“Yes, that’s good.” Veneto nodded. “Although there’s still room for improvement in the basics, the barrage attack, which is our ultimate trump card, has indeed reached the ace level of our rookie naval base.”

"Such high praise!"

“I’m very clear about my likes and dislikes,” Veneto said seriously with his eyes closed. “A powerful thing is powerful, and a weak thing is weak.”

"Veneto, you should interact with Veneto from Nia's family more often in the future," Xiaobai said to Veneto with a smile.

“Exchange… ah…” Veneto murmured Xiaobai’s words, his mind involuntarily flashing back to the two mounds on Nia’s chest that he didn’t know how to describe. For a moment, Veneto’s feelings were extremely complicated. “For the sake of the Admiral, I can only say that I will try my best in the future…”

As Veneto finished speaking, his gaze drifted toward Nia.

At that moment, Veneto, a member of Nia's family, was washing herself and changing clothes in the bathtub not far away, while her three remaining sisters stood with Nia, watching them curiously.

Veneto's gaze met that of the Nia family's Rome, the Empire, and Littorio.

"..." Veneto stared at the three ship girls for a while, then thoughtfully lowered her hands and stepped closer.

Sensing Veneto's approach, the Veneto-class ship girls of Nia's family immediately held their breath, like soldiers waiting for their instructor Jian Yi, not daring to make a sound.

Veneto was the first to approach Rome, and she reached out and pinched Rome's arm and thigh.

"Are you Rome?" Veneto asked.

“…Yes.” Rome nodded.

What's the reason for your eye color?

"...It's innate."

“I see.” Veneto lowered his hand, frowned at Roma, and asked, “Your physical training is clearly insufficient, much worse than your sister’s. Were you recently created?”

“…Yes.” Rome lowered his head nervously.

Veneto's gaze softened slightly. She patted Rome's arm and looked at the empire beside Rome.

Sensing Veneto's gaze, the Empire lowered its head, a look of fear on its face.

“You don’t even need to look. It’s not a problem of insufficient training; you haven’t trained at all,” Veneto said to the Empire. “Were you also recently created?”

“…Ugh…” The empire swayed.

“Sister Veneto, the Empire and Rome were only recently built by the Commander,” Littorio said, stepping forward and standing before the Empire and Rome.

"Are you Littorio?"

"It is an honor to meet you."

“Hmm…” Veneto stroked his chin, his gaze sweeping over Littorio before he nodded. “You’re not bad.”

"Thank you for the compliment, Sister Veneto." Littorio secretly breathed a sigh of relief and gave Veneto a forced smile.

The Veneto from Admiral Lu Lin's household gave Littorio a completely different feeling compared to his own Veneto. While his own Veneto was gentle and seemingly unable to refuse anyone, Admiral Lu Lin's Veneto exuded a distinctly authoritative, instructor-like aura. Just now, when she walked up to the three of them to monitor them, Littorio could even clearly feel that sharp gaze precisely cutting and analyzing his body. Her gaze seemed to instantly analyze his weaknesses, precisely piercing his heart, stirring up his fear…

This kind of pressure from being stared at can only be clearly felt by the person being stared at.

It was only then that Littorio understood why his sister had broken out in a cold sweat, trembled all over, and was terrified after being glanced at by Admiral Lu Lin's Veneto...

Once the gazes on him had faded, Littorio felt much more relaxed.

But before Littorio could completely relax, a nonchalant voice rang out in front of her the next instant.

"Let's go."

"Huh?" Littorio paused, looking up at Veneto with curiosity. "Where are we going?"

At this moment, Veneto was stretching his body, looking at Littorio with a matter-of-fact expression.

“Where else could we go? The training grounds, of course.” Veneto pointed behind her with her thumb. “I just sparred with your Veneto. Since you call me sister, I can’t ignore you. So now it’s your turn. Rome and the Empire have only just been built, but since it’s you, Littorio, you should be able to satisfy me somewhat, right?”

“Uh…” Littorio stared blankly at Veneto.

"Oh, by the way." Veneto, who was stretching, stopped and turned to look at Littorio, saying very seriously, "Your Veneto is a very formidable character. When I practiced with her, I was a little too relaxed at first, which almost caused me to mess up. So this time, when I practice with you, I will learn from my previous experience and give you my all. You should be fine, right?"

As Veneto spoke, his eyes seemed to burn with a raging fire.

Judging from the situation, it seems that refusing or anything like that is too late.

“…” Littorio swallowed hard.

A chilly feeling was rising behind Littorio.

……

ten minutes later.

"Commander—I'm back!"

When Veneto, a member of Nia's family, finished washing off the paint and changed into dry clothes and returned to the spectator stands at the training ground, before she could even report to Nia, she saw a tall woman standing nearby who was soaking wet and covered from head to toe in various colors of paint.

This woman seemed to appear out of thin air, emanating a strong smell of gunpowder. From a distance, she looked like a character who had jumped out of a palette of ink and watercolor paintings.

"Huh? Who are you?"

Veneto of the Nia family stared in astonishment at the woman covered in paint, amazed by her head-to-toe colorful attire.

“…Veneto, it’s me.” The woman, covered in paint, raised her hand to brush her hair aside, revealing a familiar face that looked rather helpless and tired.

"Huh?! Littorio, what's wrong with you?!"

"Sigh... While you were changing, I had a rehearsal with Veneto from Admiral Lu Lin's household..." Littorio sighed.

“Uh…” Veneto of Nia’s family looked at Littorio covered in paint, her expression shifting for a moment, and then she couldn’t help but burst out laughing, “Pfft… um… no, sorry… this is the first time I’ve seen you like this… a little… pfft… a little… unable to help… pfft…”

"Laugh all you want," Littorio shrugged helplessly. "We laughed at you the same way when you were getting beaten up on the water."

"Ahem, ahem." Veneto of Nia's family coughed. "Alright, alright, that's all in the past... Compared to that, what about Rome and the Empire?"

“They’re new, so they’re fine.” Littorio pointed in the direction of Nia and Little White.

Veneto looked in the direction Littorio was pointing.

Not far away, Xiaobai and Nia were chatting happily with two Romans and two Empires. Beside them, Xiaobai's Veneto was sitting in a chair with a calm expression, taking small sips of a can of cola. She looked very happy and refreshed.

"..."

"So, you have to fight against someone as formidable as Veneto every day in the naval base, holding nothing back, hundreds of times a day?" Nia's Roma asked Xiaobai's Roma curiously.

"Yes."

"...What's your secret to persisting for so long?"

"Persist? What do you persist in?" Rome asked with a puzzled expression.

"..."

"Haha! Speaking of which, you're so beautiful! You're just like another version of me!" Xiaobai's Roma put her hands on her hips.

"……you also……"

“Yeah, and unlike Sister Veneto, our physical characteristics are quite similar!” Roma raised her hand, patting the other Roma on the shoulder as she spoke, a broad smile on her face. “Hahaha! As expected, our big sister is truly unique among battleship girls!”

Chapter 2749 I'm sorry for what I did to you (Part 8)

The Roma from the White House laughed heartily at the Veneto-class ship girls from the Nia family.

Nia's family's Rome and Empire stared blankly at Rome. As they looked, their gazes unconsciously drifted to behind Xiaobai's family's Rome. After seeing what was behind her, their expressions changed.

A shadowy figure appeared as if floating silently behind Rome.

"Roma, you seem to be in a good mood today." A pair of fair hands rested on Rome's shoulders.

"Hey? Big Sister! You've finished your conversation with the Admiral!" Roma from the White Family turned around innocently and laughed loudly at Veneto behind her. "Yeah! I'm in a great mood today! After all, I met the second Big Sister! I'm so excited!"