Elder brother's garrison

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“…” Yamashiro lowered his head. “That’s cheating…”

"Sister Yamashiro, if no one gives you a push, you'll never know what to do," Rodney said with a smile to Yamashiro.

Rodney's words startled Yamashiro, then she smiled knowingly, tears welling up in her eyes: "Okay, sure."

Yamashiro walked up to Rodney, extended his small fist, and gently punched Rodney's chest.

"Ouch!" Rodney collapsed to the ground, clutching his chest and rolling around on the floor biting his tongue. "This...this is the legendary internal energy martial artist! So terrifying...I...I lost, I'm sorry, Admiral, sob sob..."

On the beach, just as everyone was celebrating, someone suddenly shouted, "Hey! Look, the blond guy's fallen down!"

Those who heard this were taken aback and all looked towards the sea.

—Sure enough, the blonde ship girl who had been dominating the other side was now lying on the sea surface, while Yamashiro, who had been getting beaten up the whole time, was still standing on the water, quietly watching the blonde ship girl lying down.

"Holy crap?" The admirals were completely bewildered. "What's going on? Who won?"

"Mountain City, victory." Just as the admirals were confused, Ringo stood up in the center of the beach, picked up a megaphone, and softly said to everyone.

The governor's words were quite persuasive.

—Mountain City? Isn't that the one we're standing in right now?

Everyone watching, including Xiaobai, wore expressions as if they had witnessed the most terrifying dark secret in the world.

Chapter 542 The Greatest Request

On the shallow beach, after several minutes of silence, all the admirals watching the battle finally reacted.

"They fixed the match!"

"What are you doing?! Is this how you play games?!"

"Report! Report!"

In an instant, the protests that had filled the sky coalesced into a single force, breaking through the clouds and soaring into the heavens with intense discontent.

The protests naturally reached the ears of Xiaobai and the male admiral.

Xiao Bai stared blankly at the sea.

On the calm sea, Rodney, completely unharmed, was slumped in the arms of the wounded Yamashiro, being supported by her like a delicate Lin Daiyu, as they slowly walked towards the beach.

—From a certain perspective, although Rodney's acting skills are unreliable, he still has professional ethics.

She was able to carry out her acting skills to the end despite almost everyone else not believing her, which is undoubtedly an excellent ability.

"Did we just lose?" Xiaobai muttered to himself, a sudden shiver running through him.

Wait a minute, things seem to have developed beyond just losing a game in an exercise; this exercise involved bets.

Xiaobai stiffly turned her head to Ringo in the distance, who was sitting in a chair with her head down.

After the match, Baltimore dared not raise her head again. She stared at her legs, her red hair hanging down, obscuring her flushed face.

Baltimore's tall and shapely figure hunched over like a child, her two snow-white little feet stepping on the sand dunes, her pink heels grinding against the sand through the white soles of her shoes, slowly rotating, revealing her trepidation and shyness.

—Rodney, this is the happiness of your entire life as admiral.

Xiao Bai was on the verge of tears.

Xiaobai regretted it.

Xiaobai agreed to the exercise, but that was based on the premise that she would not lose at all. Rodney and Nelson are both very strong, and none of the ship girls in the naval base are weak. Even in a one-on-one battle, with the strength of that male admiral's ship girls, Xiaobai's victory is a sure thing.

Based on this, Xiaobai agreed to the demands made by the admiral on the other side.

Xiao Bai never expected this, never expected that everything was going according to Xiao Bai's plan, but the smooth sailing situation was ruined by Rodney, that traitor, who stole his base.

Just then, Yamashiro and the traitor... oops, Yamashiro and Rodney finally returned to the beach.

Once on the beach, Rodney broke free from the mountain town's embrace and ran towards Nelson and Little White, waving his hand.

"Admiral, Sis—I'm back!" Rodney laughed as she ran, but once she reached Whitey's side, she finally remembered that she was still a defeated warrior. Rodney's body stiffened, and she collapsed onto the sand, clutching her chest. She looked at Whitey pitifully and helplessly, "Admiral, I'm sorry..."

"..." How should Xiaobai react at this moment?

Xiao Bai couldn't bring herself to say "It's okay." Even though she considered herself to have a good temper, she really wanted to punish Rodney severely, but after seeing Rodney's pitiful expression, Xiao Bai couldn't bring herself to say it.

Finally, countless "mmp"s condensed in his mouth, ultimately turning into just a long sigh.

After checking off the top of the document while sitting in the middle of the beach, Ringo tidied up the documents on the table, stood up from her chair, and then leaned down to gently pat Baltimore's shoulder, who was sitting on the other side.

Baltimore's shoulders twitched.

"It's over, go back." Ringo said softly and left Baltimore's side.

As the governor, it was already quite an achievement for Ringo to take the time to witness an exercise. There was still a mountain of work waiting for her at the Admiral's Guild, so Ringo had to hurry back.

Ringo, clutching the documents, walked quietly into the city.

Rodney's defeat was blatantly faked, even blatantly faked, but that didn't prevent Ringo from declaring the outcome of the exercise. Ringo was a cold-blooded referee, the one who witnessed the victory or defeat of the exercise. Rodney's actions, in a sense, were simply raising a white flag in surrender, an act approved by the Admiral. Therefore, Ringo declared Yamashiro the winner.

Clutching the documents, looking delicate and frail, Ringo slowly left the beach.

Even though they were deeply dissatisfied with the outcome of the victory, none of the admirals watching from the sidelines dared to step forward and stop Ringo. Most of them just watched the admiral leave the battlefield with some curiosity, and then muttered some useless words under their breath.

Baltimore, who was sitting there, swallowed hard.

"Go back where?" Baltimore wondered. She cautiously raised her head, glancing first in the direction of Little White. Upon seeing Little White's white figure, her heart skipped a beat. Baltimore jumped up from her chair, quickly suppressing the pounding of her heart.

Is it a bad idea to go to Rodney's place now?

Baltimore, still keeping his head down, cautiously walked towards the mountain town.

The ragged Yamashiro sat on the ground, quietly resting her eyes closed in the arms of the male admiral. She sensed Baltimore's footsteps, then opened her eyes and smiled at him.

"Why are you still walking this way?" Yamashiro asked with a smile.

"I..." Baltimore, who had been somewhat excited, was taken aback by the injuries on Yamashiro's body when she saw her up close. She quickly calmed down and looked at Yamashiro's clothes with some heartache. "Yamashiro-neechan, your injuries..."

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt at all. I'll just need to use a healing potion later." As he spoke, Yamashiro took out a quick repair device from his ship equipment space and snapped it onto his forehead.

With a flash of white light, Yamashiro's tattered clothes slowly glued together as if time had reversed. In just a few seconds, Yamashiro was restored to a perfectly intact state.

"See, you're alright." Yamashiro smiled at Baltimore and then slowly stood up from the ground.

Yamashiro's injuries seem to have healed, but the previous battles have taken a heavy toll on her mental health. Even though her body has returned to its peak condition, there is still a lingering sense of fatigue between Yamashiro's brows and eyes.

“Baltimore,” Yamashiro called out towards Baltimore.

"I'm here."

"This is all the help the admiral and I can give you," Yamashiro said to Baltimore with a smile.

"Huh?" Baltimore blushed again, then her eyes started darting around. "What do you mean, Yamashiro-neechan?"

Yamashiro and the admiral behind him exchanged a glance, then Yamashiro reached out and took Baltimore's little hand, and walked towards Shiro.

The beach wasn't big, and it only took Shancheng and Baltimore a few minutes to walk to Xiaobai.

"I'm a little embarrassed, but we won." Yamashiro looked at Shiro with a wry smile, then gently pushed Baltimore in front of Shiro. "Um... then, little admiral, could you please take this child in?"

Rodney, who was still sitting behind Xiaobai, saw Yamashiro and Baltimore coming over, and quickly stood up from the ground. She patted the sand off her body, and then waved a little to Yamashiro and Baltimore with Xiaobai behind her back.

Xiao Bai hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping herself, yet still wanting to speak.

Actually, Baltimore is really pretty. Although I've only seen her twice, I have a good impression of this ship girl who has a delicate appearance and a well-behaved personality.

—But good impressions aside, the relationship between Xiaobai and Baltimore is far from that level when it comes to exchanging wedding rings.

"Oh, well, actually I haven't said anything yet, um..." Baltimore wasn't stupid; she saw Xiaobai's predicament at a glance, so she quickly waved her hand and said to Xiaobai, "After all, I've only met Rodney's admiral twice, and we haven't had any in-depth conversations, so about that marriage..."

"Nobody said they wanted to marry you," Yamashiro interjected.

"Huh?" Xiaobai and Baltimore looked at Shancheng in unison.

"..." Yamashiro covered his mouth and chuckled softly, "Yes, our admiral did say that if this admiral loses, he will marry you, but that's just talk."

"Huh? Just words?"

"Didn't Governor Ringo say before that she only witnesses the outcome of the exercises, meaning she won't interfere at all with the matter of marrying Baltimore?" Yamashiro said, then looked at Shiro, "Little Admiral, although my admiral did say that, he's just a stinky man. When it comes to ship girls, it's up to me, the ship girl, to decide—marrying a ship girl isn't that simple, you know."

"Ah... I see." Xiaobai and Baltimore looked at Yamashiro, and then felt a slight sense of relief.

The two people, burdened with heavy responsibilities for different reasons, breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

"But didn't you just say you wanted me to take over Baltimore..." Xiaobai asked curiously.

"I just hope that you, as an admiral, can treat Baltimore as a ship girl and your subordinates," Yamashiro said.

Yamashiro's words startled Baltimore, who quickly turned her head and looked at Yamashiro in surprise: "Yamashiro-neechan, I..."

"Don't speak yet." Yamashiro reached out and interrupted Baltimore. She looked at Xiaobai with a hint of embarrassed tenderness in her eyes. "Ship girls like to stay with the people they like. Compared to my admiral who has been sitting on the sidelines for so long, Baltimore likes you more."

"Then why did you use this kind of exercise method... You could have just told me directly?" Xiaobai asked Shancheng in confusion.

"Firstly, because I was afraid you would refuse." Shancheng looked at Xiaobai and then smiled gently.

She took a step back and then bowed deeply to Xiaobai.

"Secondly, we want to demonstrate our resolve." Yamashiro maintained a 90-degree angle and gently pleaded with Shiro, "Please, Admiral, you must, you must, you absolutely must treat my ship girls well. This is my and the Admiral's greatest request to you."

Chapter 543 Rolling with the Wind

Yamashiro bowed to Shiro, her voice gentle yet firm, just like her admiral, making it easy to understand their intentions from their voices alone.

Baltimore stared at Yamashiro, who suddenly bowed to Xiaobai, and was taken aback. Then, large tears streamed down her face.

“Sister Yamashiro…I…” Baltimore reached out and gently grasped Yamashiro’s sleeve, her voice breaking with sobs.

Baltimore never once said she wanted to leave the naval base; she was just confused. After falling in love with Little White at first sight, Baltimore was simply confused about her situation.

She wanted to find Xiaobai, see her again, talk to her, chat, and so on. Baltimore hadn't really thought about what else would happen after that.

—As Yamashiro said, Baltimore is a ship girl who doesn't know what to do if no one pushes her.

That's why Yamashiro and her admiral helped Baltimore make the decision, turning into a pair of hands and gently pushing Baltimore forward.

Talk is useless; doing is the only true measure.

Xiao Bai looked at Shan Cheng, quietly watching Shan Cheng maintain his ninety-degree bow.

For a fleeting moment, Xiaobai felt that Shancheng and Lexington were somewhat similar.

Finally, Xiaobai nodded and smiled, "I understand. Shancheng, I promise you."

Xiaobai reached out and touched Shancheng's face, then gestured for her to straighten up.

"Leave Baltimore to me with peace of mind!" As Yamashiro slowly straightened up, Xiaobai smiled gently at him.

"Sister Yamashiro!" Baltimore threw herself into Yamashiro's arms and cried like a child.

"Go for it, Baltimore." Yamashiro whispered in Baltimore's ear, then raised his voice and smiled at Baltimore, "Now that things have come to this, don't tell me any more selfish things like you don't want to leave."

“…Mmm!” Baltimore nuzzled against Yamashiro’s chest, laughing and crying at the same time. She nodded. “I’ll do my best! Yamashiro-neechan! Thank you!”

Mountain City didn't give Baltimore much time for nostalgia. After exchanging a few simple words with Baltimore, they pushed her to Xiaobai's side.

"Baltimore, remember to come back and visit sometime," Yamashiro said, holding Baltimore's hand.

"Yes!" Baltimore nodded with tears in her eyes, then gently turned her head to look at Little White.

Little White smiled at Baltimore: "Welcome to Baltimore."

"Yay~" Rodney was overjoyed to see that things had settled down and rushed out happily. She hugged Baltimore tightly and said, "Senior, from now on we're ship girls in the same naval base!"

"Uh-huh……"

"Please give me your guidance, senior!"

"Yes, Rodney, nice to meet you..."

"Hey, speaking of which, since you've become a ship girl in the naval base, doesn't that mean Rodney is your senior? Hmm..." Rodney suddenly realized the blind spot in the matter, and then frowned and began to think carefully.

"Ah...um..."

"Wait a minute, since you're the Admiral's bride, then it should still be yours!"

"Rodney...didn't you hear what Yamashiro-neechan said just now?" Baltimore's face, which had just calmed down, flushed red again. "I haven't become your admiral's marriage ship yet...not yet..."

“Maybe there will be another chance in the future.” Rodney seemed completely unconcerned about such things, and she chuckled as she nuzzled Baltimore’s cheek. “You came in as the bride, after all!”

Rodney is different from Little White. She knew about Baltimore's relationship through Yamashiro. Because of the senior-junior relationship three years ago, Rodney also wanted to support this lovely senior.

Baltimore was afraid that Rodney's words would anger Little White, so she looked at Little White with some fear. When she saw that Little White was just smiling and didn't react much, Baltimore breathed a sigh of relief. Finally, her little scheme began to take shape.

—She didn't protest.