Elder brother's garrison

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"Admiral, I'm going out now." Littorio reached out and picked up the box of strawberries on the table. She walked to the office door, turned back to Shiro, and said, "The strawberries are delicious. I'll share them with the others."

After saying that, Littorio walked out the door.

Soon, the excited voices of the ship girls echoed from outside the door.

"Littorio, what did you get from the admiral?"

"This taste... could it be fruit grown by Miss Shropshire?"

"good to eat."

"This is in high demand at our naval base; many ship girls are still waiting in line."

"What, for us? But this is a gift from the Admiral to you..."

"Oh, Littorio, you are truly an angel!"

"grateful."

"Yes, yes, no, not an angel, but a lady!"

"..."

The commotion outside had lasted for a while, but then everything seemed to return to its original lively state.

Listening to the sounds outside, Xiaobai picked up her pen again and continued working.

Littorio, in some ways, is just as mature as Veneto.

It seems I don't need to worry about how quickly she integrates into the naval base.

Xiao Bai's ballpoint pen moved swiftly, and in the next half hour, he finished processing all the remaining work documents.

My work at the Admiral's Guild has come to an end.

Xiaobai left the office and returned to the main hall. She first followed Changchun and Chao Yamato to check on the room of the teleportation anchor point they were in charge of. After confirming that the construction there was completely finished, Xiaobai led the ship girls out of the main hall and returned to the first floor of the Admiral's Guild.

"Miss Yingying, this is today's work. I brought it down for you." Xiaobai and the other ship girls carried the documents to Luo Yingying and handed them to her. "Miss Yingying, I have other things to do, so I won't be staying in the guild for a while, is that alright?"

"Of course!" Luo Yingying gratefully accepted Xiaobai's documents, her eyes filled with tears as she said, "Please rest assured, Guild Leader, leave the guild's affairs to me while you're away!"

"It's so reassuring to have you here," Xiaobai nodded with a sigh. "Then I'll be going now."

"President, regarding the renovation plan for the office lobby, what aspects would you like to improve?" Luo Yingying asked Xiaobai expectantly.

"That's all, I'm very satisfied."

"I'm glad the president is satisfied..." Luo Yingying seemed quite disappointed. She put the documents aside, patted her pockets, and then took out a card and handed it to Xiaobai. "President Lu Lin, this card is for you. You left in such a hurry that I forgot to give it to you."

"This is……?"

"This is the key to the top floor of the Admiral's Guild. Now that you have taken over the renovated top-floor lobby, it means that it has become your private area, and our elevators will no longer be able to go to your floor," Luo Yingying said to Xiaobai. "Only by inserting this card into the elevator slot can your elevator floor button light up. This is also to give you the opportunity to rest on weekdays and to ensure that you are not disturbed."

Chapter 3481 A Parting is Inevitable

"Miss Yingying, you're so thoughtful..." Xiaobai accepted her floor card with gratitude and nodded to Luo Yingying. "Ensuring privacy is indeed a good thing, but what if other people can't enter my floor in the future? How will we exchange files?"

"Don't worry about that. For paper documents and files, you can put them in the special collection box in the elevator on your floor and let the elevator bring them down automatically. We'll have a special notification, and once the collection box detects an object, a staff member will come to retrieve it," Luo Yingying said. "As for electronic documents, you can send them directly to me via the guild's LAN—of course, you can also choose to invite staff to your office lobby, although I personally don't really recommend this method that infringes on your privacy..."

"Okay, then we'll do it your way." Xiaobai nodded and waved to Luo Yingying, "Miss Yingying, I'll be going now."

Luo Yingying bowed to Xiaobai and her group, then watched as Xiaobai led the ship girls out of the Admiral's Guild Hall and disappeared outside the door.

Only after she could no longer see Xiaobai did Luo Yingying finally breathe a sigh of relief. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and looked at her hands with a mixture of weariness and relief.

Luo Yingying's hands trembled slightly.

"Finally mustered up the courage...and said it." Luo Ying muttered to herself, "If the privacy of the president's hall is guaranteed, it means I will have a legitimate reason not to go in and meet with Admiral Lu Lin so often in the future. In the future, the exchange of documents between the two parties can be done directly online through interaction with other staff. I thought Admiral Lu Lin would be angry after she found out that I had modified the elevator without permission, but I didn't expect her to accept this setting so easily...Phew, this is great...Today is really my lucky day."

Luo Yingying whimpered as she rubbed her lower back, turned around, picked up the heavy documents, and staggered toward her office on the first floor.

"Ouch...it's so heavy..."

"Admiral Lu Lin didn't seem to have any trouble carrying this just now..."

"..."

After leaving the guild hall, Xiaobai led the ship girls back to their temporary naval base.

When Xiaobai and his group returned, before Xiaobai could even step inside and take a good look at his surroundings, two figures suddenly appeared from his side and pounced on him.

"Little White! You're back!"

Xiao Bai felt a sudden thud as a full-figured young woman's body bumped into him. The next moment, he was pulled into her arms, and a familiar, sweet voice rang in his ears.

"Ah... Nia." Little White staggered a couple of steps, looked up with a smile, and said, "I'm back."

Xiaobai and Nia hadn't seen each other for two or three months. When they met again, Nia was still just as dependent on Xiaobai as before. She hugged Xiaobai tightly, her face full of a genuinely happy smile.

"Little White, I miss you so much—"

"I miss you too." Xiaobai reached out and touched Nia's head, then looked away.

Luo Lian stood on the other side, smiling at Xiao Bai.

"Lianlian, I'm back," Xiaobai said.

"Welcome back." Luo Lian nodded.

……

The three female admirals gathered happily together, and the ship girls behind Xiaobai watched this scene. Among them, Littorio turned to the person next to her and asked a question.

"Are these two Admirals Nia and Luo Lian that you were talking about?"

"Yes."

"Are they the admiral's friends?"

"correct."

“Well, I think they look a lot like you guys…” Littorio muttered to himself.

After greeting his two good friends after a long time, the first thing Xiaobai thought of was to introduce Littorio to them.

After seeing that Xiaobai had also gathered all four Veneto sisters, Nia happily sent her blessings.

The group chatted as they walked toward the garrison headquarters.

From the chat, we learned that Nia and Luo Lian were just leading their ship girls to the 8-4 sea area to hone their ship girls' training and combat skills. After learning from the messages sent by the stationed ship girls that Xiao Bai had returned from her world tour, Nia and Luo Lian almost immediately summoned their ship girls back, packed their things and ran back to the temporary garrison.

"Actually, Lianlian, Nia, you didn't have to come back so early..." Xiaobai said to her two friends with a smile.

"It's nothing, seeing Xiaobai as soon as possible is the most important thing to me!" Nia said earnestly. "For me right now, nothing is more important than this!"

Nia used to be burdened by heavy material needs, and had to go on high-intensity expeditions every day just to afford the rent for the naval base in Chapter 8. Now, she has become the tenth naval base in the world, and is at least a newly appointed top ten admiral. With the special support of the admiral headquarters, her life is now almost completely different from before. She no longer has to be tied to the sea because of material conditions.

"Whatever makes you happy..." Xiaobai smiled at Nia, then turned to Luo Lian, "Lianlian, speaking of which, you've started going out to level up too?"

“Yes, there is still a gap between training and actual combat.” Luo Lian nodded. “After feeling that the training has reached a bottleneck, it’s time to try sending the ship girls into actual combat at sea.”

"How's the effect?"

"It's alright. At first, they were a bit flustered without my help, but their strength is undeniable, and they quickly got the hang of it." Luo Lian replied as if it were an ordinary matter. "Oh right, speaking of which, although Warspite joined the training relatively late, she has finally started to get used to fighting recently, which is a good thing."

"Luo Lian is amazing now! When she inherited the naval base from Miss Naige, the main story progress was only 7-4. But after she started actual combat a month ago, she reached 8-4 in just a few days! That speed shocked the entire Chapter Sea!" Nia said with a smile. "Because she caused such a commotion, many people in the Chapter Sea doubted the authenticity of the matter. Many people even thought that Luo Lian borrowed your ship girl, Xiaobai, to make it progress so quickly. So, under pressure, the Admiral's Guild sent people to investigate. They investigated her team and process more than a dozen times before they proved her innocence. During that time, many people in the Chapter Sea had very strange expressions when they saw Luo Lian!"

"Wow, that's amazing!" Xiaobai looked at Luo Lian.

"It's just that we were well-prepared." Luo Lian shook her head.

"It's such a shame I wasn't there," Xiaobai said.

"Xiaobai, what about you over there?" Nia and Luo Lian looked at Xiaobai.

"I'm fine too." Xiaobai gave everyone a thumbs up. "Although there are still many places we haven't been to due to time constraints, the construction of the teleportation network is basically finished."

"Okay, okay!" Nia hugged Little White, laughing heartily and cheerfully.

Xiaobai hadn't chatted with her two friends for a long time. After returning to the temporary naval base, they disbanded the ship girls, and the three of them went to the cafeteria for a meal before returning to their dormitory to chat.

Not long after Xiaobai returned to the temporary naval base, the gates of the temporary naval base were knocked on frequently. It turned out that the high-ranking admirals of Chapter 8 had learned of Xiaobai's return and came to greet him.

While Xiaobai's reputation in Chapter 8 is indeed quite intimidating, many high-ranking admirals showed their loyalty to her during the special ship girl event. So, this large group can now be considered half of the "Xiaobai Gang." Now that Xiaobai, the gang leader, has returned, the gang members naturally want to come and see her.

Of course.

Faced with a constant stream of invitations to visit, Xiao Bai only met with a few people she was close to, such as Jin Shiqi, Ning Lu, and Fang Jie; she didn't receive any of the others.

After finishing the reception, time flew by and it was already afternoon.

After saying goodbye to their friends, Xiaobai, Nia, Luolian, and others returned to their dormitory once again.

"Phew, now we can probably enjoy some peaceful days." Xiaobai said to Luo Lian and Nia as she sat on the edge of the bed.

“Speaking of peace…” Luo Lian sat down next to Xiao Bai and said to Xiao Bai, “Xiao Bai, there’s something I want to tell you.”

"Hmm? What's up?"

“It’s about the next plan.” Luo Lian nodded and continued, “I’ve been here long enough, and now that the main storyline has been completed for a long time and I’ve earned the title of one of the top ten admirals, I think it’s time for me to leave Chapter 8.”

"...Huh?" Xiaobai opened her eyes subconsciously. "Where are you going?"

"Didn't we say last time that we wanted to get the second-highest ranking in the world?" Luo Lian said to Xiao Bai. "Admiral Hao Ding has returned to his base. I need to go find him for a ranking battle."

"...Are you confident you can win?"

“Admiral Haoding is a very capable admiral. Although he seems reckless, he is actually meticulous despite his rough exterior and has a very formidable intuition. Based on what I know of him, he always seems to be able to make the best choice in emergency battle situations.” Luo Lian thought for a while, then pinched her chin and said, “I secretly beat him before by using some tricks, but from the second time onwards, he should be on high alert and will never give me another chance to cheat.”

"So the win rate is..."

"Let's split it 30/70," Luo Lian said.

"Only three floors..." Xiaobai worried.

"I get seven, he gets three."

"Oh, oh, oh, oh!" Little White nodded quickly, her face full of conviction. "Then I believe you!"

"No matter what, this is my last chance. I will only practice with him this once. Win or lose, I will go back to Chapter Two." Luo Lian continued to say to Xiao Bai, "During my time in Chapter Eight, I have accumulated a lot of inspiration. If I go back now, I am confident that I can make further progress on my previous research goals."

"That's it..."

Xiao Bai nodded, his gaze filled with emotion.

Once Luo Lian has made up her mind, no one can usually change it.

It seems Luo Lian will have to part ways with me for the time being...

Chapter 3482 Affection

When Xiao Bai heard Luo Lian say she was leaving, she was actually a little reluctant to part with her.

After all, Luo Lian had indeed helped Xiao Bai a lot during this time. With Luo Lian by her side, it was like having an insurance policy in place, and Xiao Bai often felt very at ease. She had gradually gotten used to the existence of such a reliable friend. Now that Luo Lian suddenly said he was leaving, Xiao Bai couldn't help but feel a sense of loneliness.

"Lianlian, so... when are you planning to leave?"

Xiao Bai asked Luo Lian.

"Well, for me, the sooner the better." Luo Lian thought for a while and said to Xiao Bai, "Actually, I could have left a long time ago, but I still wanted to see you one last time before I left, to say goodbye to you, so I stayed until now."

"I see..." Xiaobai nodded regretfully. She reached out and tugged at Luo Lian's wrist, saying to her, "Now that we've said our goodbyes, aren't you leaving right away?"

"Ah."

"In that case... let my Super Yamato take you there. Our teleportation network is finally up and running." Xiao Bai sighed, then quickly perked up and smiled at Luo Lian, saying, "You're going to find Admiral Haoding to start a ranking battle, right? I heard him mention the exact location of Admiral Haoding's garrison before. Luckily, there's a teleportation point in Super Yamato's teleportation network that's quite close to there. Using the teleportation point will be much faster than you taking your people there normally."

"In that case, I'll borrow your teleportation network." Luo Lian smiled gently at Xiao Bai, her gaze softening. "So, I'm the first guest after the teleportation network was built?"

"Of course."

……

Luo Lian left so suddenly.

After saying goodbye to Xiaobai and Nia, Luo Lian quickly assembled her naval ship girls.

Judging from the speed at which Luo Lian gathered the ship girls, and the speed at which the ship girls packed their luggage and how well they cooperated, they must have been preparing to leave long ago.

Xiaobai felt something about this, but it wasn't surprising.

Xiaobai and Nia stood outside the warehouse, waving goodbye to Luo Lian and her ship girls.

They watched as Luo Lian and her ship girls walked into the food warehouse one after another. Finally, the warehouse door slammed shut amidst the ship girls' farewells, and everything outside fell silent.

White clouds drift by.

A gentle breeze was blowing.