Elder brother's garrison

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"We're here to borrow the venue for a practice session," Montana said with a smile, not hiding anything.

“Exercise…oh…exercise…” The ship girls blinked, lingering on Montana’s face for a moment before looking at Super Yamato behind Shiro. “I see…it’s an exercise with Miss Super Yamato…Our naval base has been having these kinds of PvP sessions between the Abyssal Commander and the ship girls quite often lately, like the other day when Abyssal Yamato was doing it with Bismarck…”

It seems the ship girls have completely misunderstood the target of the Montana exercise.

But at this moment, seeing how enthusiastic the ship girls were, no one could bear to disturb them.

"Miss Super-Big and Montana, you guys have to do your best!"

"We just finished training, and we're starving! Time to go eat! We also need to tell the others about Montana joining our naval base! Hehe!"

The ship girls waved to Xiaobai and his group, then skipped and hopped away.

Xiaobai and his group watched the ship girls leave, then exchanged glances and smiled slightly.

“It seems that the ship girls here have become much more resistant to some of the things the admiral has done,” Montana said to Xiaobai. “They seem to have quickly accepted my presence and the fact that we rushed back here from Chapter 8, thousands of miles away, in an instant.”

"My ship girls are all worldly-wise." Xiaobai nodded with a smile, then turned and pointed to the training ground, which was now clearly visible. "The training ground is over there."

"Oh—" Montana followed Little White's finger to the training ground and then showed an expression of admiration.

The training grounds of the main naval base for new recruits are indeed much larger than those of the temporary naval bases.

Rather than saying it's a sea, it's more accurate to say that it's a sea.

A vast sea.

Fighting in this kind of training ground should be no different from fighting on the real sea.

Xiao Bai and his two companions entered the training ground and stepped onto the beach at its edge.

At this point, there were practically no ship girls left on the training field.

On the vast white beach, only destroyers and light cruiser ship girls were cleaning up the garbage left behind by the ship girls, as well as sweeping away the shrapnel and ship equipment fragments remaining on the water.

Xiao Bai glanced around the beach a few times, then his gaze suddenly settled on one spot.

"prestige?"

Everyone looked ahead.

On the beach not far away, a ship girl dressed in a maid outfit, with heterochromatic eyes, a dignified appearance, and neat shoulder-length blonde hair, was carrying a sack and collecting mineral water bottles scattered on the beach.

Hearing Xiaobai's call, the ship girl straightened up and looked in Xiaobai's direction.

She is none other than the head maid of the rookie naval base, a battlecruiser named Miss Renown.

Upon seeing Xiaobai, Shengwang slightly opened her eyes, but her expression remained unchanged. She put down the object in her hand, gracefully approached the crowd, and gave Xiaobai a slight bow.

"So it's the Admiral. My apologies for my rudeness earlier."

"It's alright, Renown." Xiaobai smiled sheepishly at Renown and said, "Do you clean up the ship girls' trash?"

"Yes, the training ground is closing soon today. We need to clean up the area before it closes and organize tomorrow's training supplies." Renown answered Xiaobai's question. As she spoke, she raised her gaze slightly to the two people behind Xiaobai, then looked back at Xiaobai and asked, "...Does the Admiral intend to use the training ground?"

"Um...is it convenient?"

“Logically speaking, the training grounds should not be used by ship girls without permission after they are closed,” Renown said. “But if you are the admiral, this naval base is yours, so you don’t need to follow such rules… Renown will call the others back now.”

"Ah...ma, thank you for your help..." Xiaobai scratched his head sheepishly and gave Reputation an awkward smile.

With the help of the reputation, the ship girls who were cleaning up quickly cleared a space on the beach and placed training resources there.

Oil, ammunition, steel, aluminum... rapid repair devices... damage control... all sorts of glittering or colorful shipboard equipment... everything is available.

"Admiral, everything is ready. The exercise can begin at any time," Renown said, bowing slightly as he returned to Xiaobai's side.

"Thank you, Reputation." Little White nodded gratefully to Reputation. "You've been a great help."

"It is a maid's duty to share the burdens of the Admiral..." Facing Shiro's gratitude, Noble's expression remained calm, and she replied to Shiro's words with skill and maturity. But surprisingly, Noble paused for a few seconds at the end of her sentence, "...Speaking of which, Admiral..."

"Ok?"

"Did you send a message to Mrs. Leigh before you came back?" Reputation asked.

"Ah...it happened so suddenly, no, nothing."

"Did you visit Mrs. Leigh after you came back?"

"……"noob.

Reputation's expression was so refreshing and sincere.

But looking at Shengwang's expression, Xiaobai felt a sudden unease and a sense of uncertainty.

Chapter 3090 The Battle Between Little White and Montana

It wasn't until this moment that Xiaobai suddenly realized something.

That is... after she returned to the naval base, she was in such a hurry that she didn't seem to have greeted Lexington yet!

I haven't let my parents know I'm safe yet!

Xiao Bai was immediately embarrassed. She scratched her cheek and forced a bitter smile at the reputation.

"Reputation... I'm sorry..."

“As expected, there isn’t.” Reputation sighed. “...Oh, please don’t misunderstand, Admiral. This sigh is just a simple emotional reaction. It’s definitely not a complaint that you, Admiral, haven’t put Mrs. Lie, who has always treated you like her own daughter and carried the majority of the heavy naval affairs for you, on the list of people you should visit first. I’m not saddened or regretful about that.”

"...I, I'll go to the Admiral's office right now..."

Xiao Bai clutched his chest, feeling as if he had been fatally struck in the heart.

“Miss Renown, we just got back.” Just then, Montana, who was behind Xiaobai, smiled and spoke to Renown. “I was the one who kept pestering the Admiral to come here for the exercise, which prevented her from seeing her family right away. I was too impatient. I’m very sorry.”

"..." Reputation raised an eyebrow slightly as she listened to Montana's words, and looked at Montana. "I see."

“It’s all my fault,” Montana said sincerely.

"...It was Reputation who overstepped his bounds." Reputation bowed deeply to Xiaobai and his group. "Please punish me, Admiral."

"No, I think you're right, Reputation..." Xiaobai clutched his chest, giving an awkward, wry smile. "I should have gone to check on Lexington first..."

“In that case, let Reputation convey this message to the Admiral.” Reputation patted his chest with one hand and said to Shiro, “It’s rare that the exercise is already prepared. If we pack our things and go to the Admiral’s office now, it will be troublesome.”

"That won't do, I'd better go by myself!"

“Then let Reputation convey the message to the Admiral first, so that Mrs. Lie can prepare. Admiral, there’s no rush. Let’s go there in person after you’ve finished your business here,” Reputation said.

"Ah... well..." Xiaobai slowly lowered her hand and nodded after hearing what Reputation said. "Then... I'll have to trouble Reputation with you."

Reputation bowed slightly to the crowd, then looked at Montana.

"By the way, may I ask what your name is, miss?"

"Montana."

“Miss Montana, Reputation will remember you.” Reputation bowed slightly.

Renown left the training ground.

Montana watched Reputation's departing figure and smiled.

“That ship girl named Renown is also a very powerful warrior,” Montana said to Xiaobai. “I can sense a sense of the weight of time on her.”

"As for her reputation... she's one of the most senior ship girls in our naval base," Xiaobai said to Montana. "Her strength is certainly formidable."

“The Admiral is like a little child in front of her,” Montana said with a smile.

"I was originally... oh, I'm not anymore." Xiaobai said subconsciously, but halfway through, he scratched his head embarrassedly and changed his words, "Shengwang is my elder... in terms of seniority, she is my sister-in-law."

"Is there such a relationship?"

“Lexington too…and Lexington and Reputation are like best friends.” Little White nodded and said to Montana, “That’s why Reputation reminded me when I told him I hadn’t gone to see Lexington.”

"What a complicated network of relationships," Montana remarked to Xiaobai after a moment's thought.

“It’s easy to understand…” Xiaobai chuckled twice, then took a deep breath and looked at the sea in front of the training ground. “…Well, Reputation is right, let’s start the exercise quickly. Although there’s no rush now, I still want to go to Lexington to see her as soon as the exercise is over.”

“That’s exactly what I was thinking.” Montana nodded with a smile.

"Do you need to replenish resources?" Xiaobai asked Montana, pointing to the various resource boxes scattered on the beach.

“My resources are fine; we can sustain the fighting for several more days,” Montana said, shaking his head.

"Wow, that's really long-lasting," Xiaobai exclaimed, walking to the beach. "I'll replenish some resources for my ship equipment then..."

Xiaobai's land-based ship equipment has just been repaired, and there hasn't been much opportunity to replenish supplies during this period, so the resource reserves in the ship equipment are still zero.

Under the watchful eyes of Montana and Super Yamato, a large group of ship girls left on the beach by Reputation carried all sorts of supplies and poured them into Xiaobai's ship rigging. Xiaobai's ship rigging was three or four meters tall, but it was like a bottomless pit. The ship girls poured resources into Xiaobai's ship rigging for a very long time, but it showed no sign of being filled... Finally, after a while, Xiaobai raised her hand and stopped the ship girls' actions.

"It's all set." Xiaobai smiled at the ship girls. "Thank you for your help."

"Admiral, are your ship's equipment resources full?" Montana asked.

"No, it's only about 20% or 30%." Xiaobai shook his head.

"Hmm? Aren't you going to fill it up?"

"Let's save some time...we can fill in the rest later."

"Won't my combat attributes decrease if I don't have enough resources?"

"Mine is deep-sea ship equipment, there are no resource restrictions."

"I see."

"Montana, what about you? Your resources aren't full either, are they?"

"I am a ship girl from the Holy Construction Day, and I have a special physique, so of course I am not subject to any restrictions in this regard."

"Ok."

Montana and White exchanged questions and answers, and after settling the other ship girls on the beach, they slowly stepped onto the water, watching the sun in the distance almost being swallowed by the sea.

Xiao Bai and Montana walked onto the water, separated, and then stood still, gazing at each other from afar.

The sea became quiet.

The sea breeze blows silently.

Xiao Bai's long hair danced in the wind.

"I never imagined I'd be able to interact with my admiral in this way." On the sea, Montana looked at Little White standing in the distance and laughed.

"Let's get started," Xiaobai smiled at Montana and said.

"What tactics does the Admiral intend to use to fight me?"

"What move?"

“I remember when you fought me before, Admiral, you seemed to be quite skilled at controlling the ship’s equipment and launching some exceptionally high-level attacks,” Montana said to Xiaobai. “But when I was chatting with Missouri and the others, I heard Wisconsin say that you are actually quite bad at controlling the ship’s equipment… Could it be that the Admiral that night and the Admiral now are two different people? Or perhaps… a split personality?”

"Well... what do you think?" Xiaobai asked with a smile.

“Admiral, dissociative identity disorder is an illness that needs treatment,” Montana said. “I don’t have any information on treating mental illness in my ship equipment database, but maybe Project 24 will have it. If you’re interested, you can ask them for it.”

"..."

“Of course, Admiral.” Montana looked at Little White, gently extended her hand, a ball of golden flame leaping from her palm, and said with a smile, “If the Admiral is in a different situation, then just pretend I didn’t say anything… After all, everyone has to have some harmless little secrets in life.”

The golden flames of Montana quickly covered the surface of the sea.

Golden flames burned on the sea, and autonomous humanoids wielding various weapons emerged from the water, transforming into an army that surrounded Montana. The autonomous humanoids moved with a creaking sound, their camera-like heads glowing red, staring intently at Little White, surrounding her.

The surroundings were filled with oppressive mechanical presence.

Xiao Bai's expression, however, showed no sign of tension.

Xiao Bai could only look helplessly at Montana.

This Montana... I always smell a bit of Missouri on him.

"Sigh... Since you said you wanted to fight me, then of course I'll be facing you." Xiaobai looked at the mechanical soldiers approaching her and slowly said to Montana in the distance, "My ship handling skills are just average."

"Judging from the Admiral's words... it seems he's not planning to call that person out?" Montana said with a smile from a distance.

"You know the answer but you don't..."

Xiao Bai muttered something, then raised her hand and waved it gently behind her.

boom!

The massive ship equipment landed behind Xiaobai, splashing waves into the water beneath its feet, which was ablaze with golden flames.

Where Xiaobai's finger touched, ice-blue flames began to burn. As the flames rose, a crystal beast head carrying a gleaming silver military knife appeared out of thin air.

The crystal beast head handed the hilt of the knife in its mouth to Little White. After Little White grasped the hilt, the crystal beast head shook it excitedly twice and floated beside Little White.