Elder brother's garrison

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Ultimately, Xiaobai is still selfish; even if his actions don't reflect it, that's still how he feels inside.

Akagi released her grip on Shiro and stood up.

Akagi is now dressed in a standard office suit, looking gentle and capable, almost like a different person from the disheveled drunkard she was before.

Back at Akagi's home, Bismarck and Yamato were tidying up in the living room, flattening mountains of empty soda cans and packing them into plastic bags.

One side of the living room was already piled high with several tightly packed plastic bags.

"You're back?" Bismarck, with a plastic bag tied around her neck, looked at Akagi and Shiro as they walked back into the living room.

"Yes, I'm back." Little White said as she walked over to Bismarck. "Do you need any help?"

"Ah."

"What are you doing?"

"Sit on the sofa."

"Okay." Xiaobai sat down on the sofa.

Akagi looked at Bismarck, her face flushed with embarrassment, and squatted down to help Bismarck sort through the cans.

Although Akagi's life seemed chaotic before, there was nothing but aluminum cans in the household waste. There was also no odor from piled-up garbage in the room.

"What do you usually eat?" Bismarck asked casually as Akagi squatted down in front of him.

"Buy a boxed lunch, order takeout or something." Akagi crumpled the aluminum can in her hand into a disc and then threw it into the plastic bag in Bismarck's hand.

"Aren't you going to do it yourself?"

“Ordering takeout is more convenient,” Akagi said.

Bismarck seemed to resonate with Akagi's words, and she nodded.

It seems that if Tirpitz and White weren't at home and needed a more personal meal, Bismarck might have opted for takeout from the naval base's canteen.

How is the garbage usually disposed of?

"I sweep the floor and take care of the lunchboxes and such when I wake up in the morning..." Akagi answered honestly.

"And these?" Bismarck shook the plastic bag in her hand, and a dull rustling sound came from the metal sheets rubbing against each other.

"I'll throw it away properly..."

"You mean this is a day's supply?" Bismarck asked, his brows furrowing slightly.

There were quite a few aluminum cans in Akagi's living room; the total volume of beer inside them was probably more than three or four Akagi's cans combined.

Akagi simply smiled sheepishly at Bismarck.

“If you were human, this lifestyle would shorten your lifespan,” Bismarck said.

Akagi, well aware of Bismarck's correctness, nodded in agreement.

As they were talking, Bismarck threw the last empty can into the plastic bag.

Bismarck tied the plastic bags shut and piled them up by the living room door, along with seven or eight other plastic bags.

Bismarck returned to the coffee table and looked at Little White sitting on the sofa: "Would you like some water?"

"Mm." Xiaobai nodded.

Bismarck picked up the teapot from the coffee table.

"Ah! There's beer in there!" Akagi quickly called out to Bismarck.

Sure enough, when Bismarck poured water from the teapot into a glass, he could smell the alcohol in the barley-colored liquid.

Bismarck walked to the refrigerator and opened the door.

The refrigerator was packed with cans of green beer.

Bismarck looked at Akagi with a strange expression.

Akagi awkwardly turned her head to the other side.

Bismarck reached into the refrigerator and pulled out a pink can of juice.

These juices all contain alcohol.

"I don't really want to drink water..." Xiaobai quickly explained.

Bismarck sighed and then closed the refrigerator door: "I'll go buy some things tonight."

"Uh, thank you for your help." Akagi said with an embarrassed smile.

Everyone sat down on the sofa.

"Let's get down to business first." Bismarck gestured for Akagi to sit on the sofa, then asked her, "Anyway, you couldn't smell anything from that state just now. Now tell me, where did Kaga go?"

“Kaga…” Akagi nodded. “Yes, we were together when we first came out of the naval base. After living together for half a year, Kaga left.”

Why did you leave?

“One day, she suddenly left me a letter saying that she wanted to become stronger and become a ship girl who could protect me. She left without even leaving any contact information. Well, it's not that something bad happened, it's just that…” Akagi lowered her head as she mentioned this, “Well, I guess she went to train.”

No wonder Akagi said before that Kaga was a more promising ship girl than herself.

"So Kaga shouldn't need to worry, right?" Bismarck asked.

"Hmm." Akagi nodded, then looked curiously at Yamato of the Deep Sea, who was sitting obediently next to Bismarck and watching her intently. "And this is..."

“Yamato,” Bismarck said.

“Yamato? Hmm…” Akagi heard the name and thought about it for a while, feeling a little strange.

In her memory, there shouldn't be a ship girl named Yamato in the naval base.

“The one in prison,” Bismarck said.

Akagi covered her mouth in surprise.

"It's nothing." Bismarck simply shook her head and offered a reassuring remark in response to Akagi's surprise.

Deepsea Yamato is extremely safe, even more so than Saratoga in some ways, which makes Bismarck feel more at ease. Although the naval base's plan to cultivate a shut-in wasn't entirely successful with Deepsea Yamato, and it didn't completely ruin her, it still managed to cultivate her into a shut-in.

Yamato's dependence on human civilization has made her completely unwilling to return to the deep sea. Although she always boasts about being the director of the deep sea, she will do her job honestly and doesn't play any tricks.

The fact that they even took Deepsea Yamato out of the naval base when they went out shows just how much the naval base trusts Deepsea Yamato.

Akagi lowered his hand only after exchanging a glance with Bismarck.

"How have you been these past two years?" With Luo Lian beside Xiao Bai, it wasn't appropriate to continue discussing the Deep Sea Yamato, so Bismarck quickly ended the topic and changed the subject.

"Hmm, not bad," Akagi said.

"You work in sales?"

"It's just running errands and swiping cards around," Akagi smiled. "I've just been idle at home for too long and wanted to find a job to do something, but I haven't been too serious about it."

At this point, Akagi habitually picked up a can of beer from the coffee table and pulled the tab.

Bismarck only has the right to offer suggestions, not to stop, regarding the private lives of ship girls. Therefore, even though Bismarck felt that drinking in front of Shiro was not a good example, she did not reach out to snatch Akagi's beer can.

"Ah, sorry, it's a habit... I..." Akagi only realized at this moment that she had subconsciously reached for the beer cans, and apologized to Shiro somewhat embarrassedly.

"It's alright," Xiaobai waved her hand.

"When did you develop the habit of drinking?" Bismarck asked.

"Hmm... In human society, you always have to try new things from time to time, so I've drunk alcohol before, but I've only been drinking like this for the last two or three months." Akagi smiled, then raised her head and gulped down a beer.

"These past three months?" Bismarck noticed the key point as he watched Akagi drink.

When Xiaobai was talking to Akagi's suitors, she learned that Akagi had only resigned about three months ago.

Did something happen to Akagi?

Both Shiro and Bismarck looked at Akagi curiously, waiting for her next words.

"Pfft!" However, after finishing the beer, two red blushes quickly rose on Akagi's fair face. She let out a breath and collapsed into Shiro's arms, "Hoo... Shiro... Shiro, Shiro... Hehehe..."

He looks drunk again.

"Is Akagi's alcohol tolerance really that bad?" Shiro looked at Akagi, who was lying in his arms, in shock.

She collapsed after just one drink; that's so tragic.

How can someone with such a low alcohol tolerance drink so much beer?

"Never mind." Bismarck sighed and stood up. "Shiro, Yamato and I are going out to buy some things. You stay here with Akagi for a while."

"Okay!" Little White replied.

Luo Lian also stood up: "Xiao Bai, I'll go back to school now, I still have classes."

"Okay! Thank you for your help, Lianlian."

"It's okay." Luo Lian laughed. "So, have you been staying here all this time?"

Xiaobai nodded.

After learning this information, Luo Lian's smile became even brighter.

Chapter 360 A Gentle Heart

Luo Lian, Bismarck, and Deep Sea Yamato went out.

Luo Lian is very experienced in maintaining a balance between intimacy and cloying affection with Xiao Bai; sometimes, a short separation can make the heart grow fonder.

Akagi was resting her head on Shiro's lap, so Shiro couldn't move and could only wave her hand from the sofa as she watched the three people leave.

With a thud, the door closed.

Akagi's house was like an empty amusement park, suddenly becoming quiet.

Xiao Bai lowered her hand.

I suddenly feel a little lonely.

She looked down at Akagi, who was resting her head on her lap.

Akagi was fast asleep, her breathing as steady as a baby's.

Why am I giving people lap pillows all the time today?

Xiao Bai laughed.

It's like everyone who meets me will faint for various reasons. If it weren't for the fact that I also have ship equipment and my body enjoys the support of the ship equipment to some extent, my legs would have gone numb from being used as a pillow sooner or later.

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai burst out laughing.

Akagi, lying on Xiaobai's lap, slowly opened her eyes as Xiaobai spoke and turned over towards Xiaobai.

"Oh, I'm sorry, did I wake you up?" Xiaobai asked.

Akagi didn't say anything, but buried her face in Shiro's stomach and stretched her arms around Shiro's back, hugging her tightly.

Xiaobai thought that Akagi was just trying to be cute like she had been in the hallway before, and didn't take it to heart. But when he saw Akagi's hair, which was as black as ink, he couldn't help but reach out and touch it.

Then, Xiaobai felt a tremor coming from Akagi's head.

Xiao Bai, realizing something was wrong immediately, quickly withdrew her hand.

"...Aka, Akagi?"

Akagi held Shiro even tighter.

Is she crying?

Chicheng's actions caught Xiaobai off guard.

They were chatting just now, like normal people. How come Akagi turned into this as soon as Bismarck and the others left?

"W-what's wrong?"

Akagi in his arms must be crying, and Shiro can gradually feel the dampness coming from the clothes on his stomach.

Akagi's cries gradually began to emerge, but they were suppressed in a way that was incredibly distressing.

It was as if a hand was gripping her neck tightly, silencing her.

"I'm sorry...I'm sorry...I'm sorry..." Akagi's voice murmured as if it came from a crack in her throat.

Xiaobai was so frightened by Akagi's reaction that he couldn't even speak.

"I'm so sorry for being so cunning... I'm so sorry for being so selfish..." Akagi raised her head, large tears streaming down her face. Her agate-colored eyes shimmered like a red moon reflected in water, reflecting the interplay of light and water.